NY A08272

Replaces gender-specific terms "councilman" and "councilmen" with gender-neutral "council member" and "council members" throughout New York State law, including the General City Law, General Municipal Law, Public Authorities Law, Real Property Law, Town Law, and Village Law.

Changes related gendered terminology including "councilwoman" and "councilwomen" to the inclusive "council member" or "council members" in all statutory references.

Replaces gendered pronouns "he," "his," and related terms with the gender-neutral "they" and "their" in provisions describing council member duties and qualifications.

Changes "chairman" to "chair" in several urban renewal agency provisions to maintain consistency with gender-neutral language updates.

Updates outdated cross-references and formatting inconsistencies in the statutory text, such as changing "fifteen-a" to "fifteen-A" and clarifying article references.