N.Y. County Law § 280-b: County agency

§ 280-b. County agency. The governing body may appoint or establish an

officer, board or body, or may designate an existing officer, board or

body, or public authority which possesses the express power to act as

such an agency, to act as a county hurricane protection, flood and

shoreline erosion control agency (hereinafter referred to in this

article as the "agency") having the powers hereinafter prescribed in

sections two hundred eighty-c, two hundred eighty-d and two hundred

eighty-e, and such other powers and duties as the governing board may

determine necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article.

Except in the case of a public authority, the agency may also be

designated as the administrative head or body of any county district

which may be established pursuant to the provisions of this article. All

matters relating to the membership of such agency, including, but not

limited to, numbers, method of selection, tenure, qualifications and

compensation, shall be determined by the governing body.