178 - Additional limitations on eligible investments.

§    178.    Additional    limitations    on   eligible   investments.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the provisions  of  the administrative code of the city of New York, the trustee or trustees  of  a fund shall not have the power to invest in any insured mortgage or  conventional mortgage of an unpaid  principal  amount  at  the  time  of  investment  of  less  than two hundred fifty thousand dollars; provided,  however,  that  this  limitation  shall  be  inapplicable  as  to  those  mortgages  pledged,  assigned  or  transferred to the fund as collateral  security for the unpaid balance of the bonds and  notes  purchased  from  any  bank,  trust  company, savings bank or savings and loan association  authorized by subdivision four of section one hundred  seventy-seven  of  this  chapter;  and  provided  further  that,  with  respect to any fund  administered for employees of the city  of  New  York,  the  trustee  or  trustees  of  such  a  fund shall be authorized to invest in any insured  mortgage or conventional mortgage of an unpaid principal amount  at  the  time of investment of not less than one hundred thousand dollars.