Section 1730. Exemption from land use review procedures and other requirements

1. Except for the provisions  of  article  eight  of  the  environmental  conservation  law  and  article  fourteen  of  the parks,
  recreation and historic preservation law, neither (a) the  establishment
  or  amendment  of  an  educational  facilities  capital plan and actions
  relating to the financing thereof, nor (b) the establishment or revision
  of an educational facilities master plan and  actions  relating  to  the
  financing  thereof,  nor  (c)  the  selection  of  sites for educational
  facilities pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital  plan,
  nor  (d)  any  conveyance  or other grant of property or of any interest
  therein by the city, the  city  board  or  any  other  person,  firm  or
  organization  to  the  authority  or  to  the  city  board pursuant to a
  five-year educational facilities  capital  plan,  nor  (e)  the  design,
  construction,  reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintaining,
  furnishing, repairing, equipping or use of educational facilities by the
  authority, including any  contracts,  approvals,  consents,  agreements,
  permits  or  authorizations  necessary to accomplish the same, which are
  pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (f) the
  reconveyance or transfer of property to the city board or to the city by
  the authority or any disposition of property  pursuant  to  a  five-year
  educational  facilities capital plan, shall be subject to the provisions
  of any general, special or local law, city charter, administrative code,
  ordinance or resolution governing uniform land  use  review  procedures,
  any  other land use planning review and approvals, historic preservation
  procedures, architectural reviews, franchise approvals and  other  state
  or  local  review  and approval procedures governing the use of land and
  the  improvements  thereon  within  the  city.    Capital  projects  for
  educational  facilities  to  be undertaken by the authority shall not be
  subject to the provisions of the charter of the city  relating  to  site
  selection, land use review procedures, art commission review procedures,
  general  standards and cost limits, project scope and design procedures,
  or contract registration and vouchering procedures.
    2. The authority shall be deemed the lead agency for purposes  of  the
  implementation  of  the  environmental  review  procedures prescribed by
  article eight of the environmental conservation law and  the  rules  and
  regulations  promulgated by the department of environmental conservation
  pursuant thereto.
    3. The authority shall be subject to zoning regulations  to  the  same
  extent that the city board is subject to such regulations, if at all.