N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 59.07: Powers of the Planetarium Authority

§ 59.07. Powers of the Planetarium Authority. The Planetarium

Authority shall have power:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate

purposes;

4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;

5. To use the agents, employees and facilities of The American Museum

of Natural History, paying its proper proportion of the compensation or

cost;

6. To appoint officers and agents;

7. To make contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or

convenient;

8. By contract or contracts or by its own employees, to construct such

planetarium building, together with incidental machinery, equipment and

facilities;

9. To purchase or construct, or acquire by gift, loan or otherwise

from The American Museum of Natural History or other persons or

corporations, and install in such planetarium building, a planetarium

instrument or instruments and such other astronomical instruments and

exhibits as to such board shall seem best adapted for astronomical

instruction;

10. To maintain, reconstruct and operate the planetarium;

11. To charge or grant to the American Museum of Natural History in

the lease the right to charge admission fees for exhibiting the

planetarium or some part or parts thereof, subject to and in accordance

with section 59.09 of this title and such agreements with bondholders as

may be made as hereinafter provided;

12. To issue negotiable bonds and to provide for the rights of the

holders thereof; and

13. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers

expressly given by this title.