Section 410-E. Definitions  


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  • As used in this title the following words and
      phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning  is
      plainly required by the context:
        1.  "Board".  The state board of social welfare.
        2.   "Commissioner".  The commissioner of social services of the state
      of New York.
        3.  "Department".  The state department of social services.
        4.  "Eligible borrower".  A non-profit corporation organized under the
      laws of the state of New York which is authorized to care  for  children
      and which has entered into a regulatory agreement in accordance with the
      provisions of section four hundred ten-f of this title.
        5.    "Project."  "Youth  facilities  project."    A  specific work or
      improvement, including  lands,  buildings,  improvements,  fixtures  and
      articles  of  personal  property  acquired,  constructed, rehabilitated,
      managed, owned and operated by an eligible borrower to provide day  care
      in  the  manner  prescribed by the department for children of pre-school
      and primary school age   or to provide residential  child  care  in  the
      manner  prescribed by the rules of the board for children of pre-school,
      primary school or secondary school age, or to provide any combination of
      the foregoing, and for facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto.
        6.  "Project cost".  "Youth facilities project cost".   The sum  total
      of  all  costs  incurred  by  an  eligible  borrower  as approved by the
      commissioner as reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works  and
      undertakings  and  providing all necessary equipment for the development
      of a project exclusive  of  any  private  or  federal,  state  or  local
      financial  assistance available for and received by an eligible borrower
      for the payment of such project cost.  These shall include but  are  not
      necessarily  limited  to  the  carrying  charges  during construction or
      rehabilitation up to and including the occupancy date,  working  capital
      not  exceeding  three  percentum  of  the  estimated total cost or three
      percentum of the actual total final cost, whichever is larger, the  cost
      of   all   necessary   studies,   surveys,   plans  and  specifications,
      architectural, engineering, legal or other special services, the cost of
      acquisition of land and any buildings  and  improvements  thereon,  site
      preparation and development, construction, reconstruction and equipment,
      including   fixtures,  equipment,  and  articles  of  personal  property
      required for the operation  of  the  project,  the  reasonable  cost  of
      financing  incurred  by  the  eligible  borrower  in  the  course of the
      development of the project, up to and including the occupancy date,  the
      fees  imposed  by  the  commissioner  and  by the New York state housing
      finance agency; other fees charged, including any  premium  payments  to
      the  youth  facilities  project  guarantee  fund  created  by  the youth
      facilities project guarantee fund act, and necessary  expenses  incurred
      in connection with the initial occupancy of the project, and the cost of
      such  other items as the commissioner may determine to be reasonable and
      necessary for the development of a project, less any and all  rents  and
      other net revenues from the operation of the real property, improvements
      or  personal  property  on the project site, or any part thereof, by the
      eligible borrower on and after the date on which  the  contract  between
      the  eligible borrower and the New York state housing finance agency was
      entered into and prior to the occupancy date.
        7.  "Occupancy date".  The date defined in the documents providing for
      a mortgage loan between an eligible borrower  and  the  New  York  state
      housing finance agency.
        8.      "Youth  facilities  development  fund  company".    A  company
      incorporated and organized pursuant to subdivision two of  section  four
      hundred ten-n of this title.
    
        9.  "Youth Facilities Center" means a facility suitable to provide day
      care for children of pre-school age and primary school age or to provide
      residential  child  care  for  children of pre-school, primary school or
      secondary school age or to provide any  combination  of  the  foregoing,
      which has been approved by the state department of social services.