§ 1-01.
RCNY § 1-01
(3)The vote of any member abstaining shall be considered a negative vote.
(4)The vote upon every matter acted upon shall be recorded by the Hearing Secretary.
(5)Except as otherwise provided by law, all matters before the Board shall be voted upon at meetings open to the public.
(f)Attendance. Members, or their delegates, shall remain in attendance during a meeting of the Board unless excused by the Chair. A request to be excused shall be formally made and entered upon the record.
(g)Disqualification. A member shall be excused from voting upon any matter upon the member's statement of the reasons for disqualification. The vote of any member so disqualified shall not be considered a negative or an affirmative vote.
(h)Recesses. At any regular meeting of the Board, recesses shall not aggregate more than one hour and any recess called shall specify a time for the return of the members of the Board for the resumption of the meeting's business. Recesses shall be called by the Chair.
(i)Order of Business. The order of business before the Board shall be as follows: (1) Roll call.
(2)Matters laid over for consideration by the Board.
(j)Calendar Calls. There shall be no more than three calendar calls by the Hearing Secretary at each regular meeting. At the conclusion of the third call, all matters shall have been either acted upon, laid over or withdrawn in accordance with these Rules.
(k)Layovers.
(1)In the event a submitting agency recommends denial of an application for the release of property and the applicant fails to appear at the first meeting at which the resolution disapproving such application is calendared for consideration by the Board, the matter shall be automatically laid over to the next meeting at which applications for the release of property in that borough are to be considered. There shall be no further layovers by reason of the applicant's failure to appear at a meeting.
(l)Withdrawals. A matter may be withdrawn from consideration by the Board at the request of the submitting agency. Any such request shall be passed upon by the Chair, who shall specify a date by which the matter shall be resubmitted for the Board's consideration.
(m)Additions to the Calendar. A matter not appearing on the Calendar for a meeting of the Board may be added to the Calendar for consideration at such meeting only upon the unanimous vote of the members entitled to vote upon such matter.
(n)Miscellaneous.
