Opn. No.

HON. ANTHONY A. ROTELLA Attorney, Niagara Falls Housing Authority

This is in response to your letter received September 17, 1976, wherein you ask for an opinion of the Attorney General whether or not the two offices of member on the Niagara Falls Housing Authority and member on the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority when held by the same person at the same time are compatible.

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority was created by chapter 717 of the Laws of 1967 which amended the Public Authorities Law, Article 5, by adding Title 11-A thereto. Section1299-c(1) of the Public…