Opn. No.

Hon. Richard J. Lehner Counsel, Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority

This is in response to your letter received February 2, 1978 wherein you ask for an opinion of the Attorney General whether a tenant who is also an employee of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority may seek the office of commissioner to said Authority and if successful become a commissioner.

Public Housing Law, § 30(5), provides in part:

"5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each authority having supervision over one hundred or more occupied dwelling units and not located in a city having a population of more than…