N.Y. Public Housing Law § 219-g

§ 219-g. Limitations. An authority or city shall not initiate an\nemergency project after July first, nineteen hundred fifty nor unless it\nshall find (which finding shall be conclusive in any suit, action or\nproceeding) that within its territorial jurisdiction, there is a\nshortage of adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings for eligible tenants\nwhich impedes the orderly demobilization of the war effort and that such\ndwellings would not otherwise be provided when needed for eligible\ntenants.\n