Section 2675-C. Definitions

As used or referred to in this title, unless a
  different meaning appears from the context:
    1. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit  corporation  created  by
  section twenty-six hundred seventy-five-d of this title.
    2.  "Board" shall mean the members of the authority created in section
  twenty-six hundred seventy-five-d of this title.
    3. "Bonds" shall mean hotel revenue bonds, notes, and  other  evidence
  of indebtedness issued by the authority pursuant to this title.
    4. "City" shall mean the city of Albany.
    5.  "Common  council"  shall  mean  the  common council of the city of
  Albany.
    6. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of New York.
    7. "Convention  facility"  shall  mean  a  convention  center  complex
  comprised  of  facilities  for  trade  exhibition, hotel accommodations,
  transportation  infrastructure,  tourism,  retail  business,  commercial
  office  space  and/or  parking  of which the ownership, lease, transfer,
  design,   development,   planning,    financing,    creation,    siting,
  construction,  renovation,  administration, operation, management and/or
  maintenance is authorized to be undertaken, in whole  or  part,  by  the
  authority pursuant to this title.
    8. "County executive" shall mean the county executive of the county of
  Albany.
    9.  "County  legislature"  shall  mean  the  county legislature of the
  county of Albany.
    10. "Director of the budget" shall mean the director of the budget for
  the state of New York.
    11. "Downtown" shall mean the area within the boundaries of  the  city
  of  Albany  located within one mile of the State Capitol or Empire State
  Plaza.
    12. "Governor" shall mean the governor of the state of New York.
    13. "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city of Albany.
    14. "Municipality" shall mean a county, town, city or village.
    15. "Person" shall  mean  any  natural  person,  partnership,  limited
  liability  company, association, joint venture or corporation, exclusive
  of a public corporation.
    16. "Personal property" shall mean chattels and other tangible  things
  of a moveable or removable nature.
    17. "Property" shall mean both real and personal property.
    18.  "Real  property"  shall  mean  lands,  structures, franchises and
  interests in land, airspace, waters, lands under water, riparian rights,
  air rights, any fixtures, equipment and articles  of  personal  property
  affixed  to  or used in connection therewith, and any and all things and
  rights included within said term  and  includes  not  only  fees  simple
  absolute but also any and all lesser interests including but not limited
  to  easements,  rights-of-way,  uses,  leases,  licenses  and  all other
  incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal  or
  equitable,  including  terms  for  years  and  liens  thereon  by way of
  judgments, mortgages, or otherwise.
    19. "State" shall mean the state of New York.
    20. "Theatre facilities" shall mean a building or part of  a  building
  with  one  or  more  performance  areas and one or more audience seating
  areas used  primarily  for  the  presentation  of  dramatic  or  musical
  theatre.