N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 6654.9 – Multipurpose senior centers.

(a) Area agencies may award OAA funds to public or private not-for-profit agencies to:
1. (1) acquire, alter, lease or renovate a facility, including a mobile facility, for use as a multipurpose senior center;
2. (2) construct a facility, including a mobile facility, for use as a multipurpose senior center, if the office approves such construction after finding that no suitable facility exists or may be leased to be a focal point for service delivery; or
3. (3) provide professional and technical personnel to staff the multipurpose senior center.
(b) In making such awards, the area agency shall give preference to facilities in communities with the greatest incidence of elderly people with greatest economic or social need, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals.
(c) Recipients of such awards must comply with all applicable State and local health, fire, safety, building, zoning and sanitation laws, ordinances and codes, including those related to the structural soundness of load-bearing members.
(d) Plans and specifications for acquiring, altering, renovating or constructing a multipurpose senior center facility under OAA must comply with regulations relating to minimum construction and labor standards, particularly the Federal Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Davis- Bacon Act.
(e) A multipurpose senior center facility must:
1. (1) if acquired for such use with funds under an area plan, be used for such purpose for at least 10 years after its acquisition; or
2. (2) if constructed for such use with funds under an area plan, be used for such purpose for at least 20 years after completion of construction.
(f) If use of a facility does not comply with subdivision (e) of this section, then the office or, if OAA funds were used, the Federal government, may recapture the proportion of the current value of the facility which is equal to the proportion of funds contributed to the original cost, as determined by agreement with the facility owner or by a judicial action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(g) A facility altered, renovated or constructed with funds under an area plan may not be used and may not be intended to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship.
(h) An area agency may award OAA funds under this section only if sufficient funds are available from other sources to meet the nonfederal share, and to effectively use the facility as a multipurpose senior center.
(i) If the facility is shared with other age groups, funds under this section may support only:
1. (1) that part of the facility used by elderly people; or
2. (2) a proportionate share of the costs, based on the extent of use of the facility by elderly people.