N.Y. General Municipal Law § 585-a: Incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency

§ 585-a. Incorporated village of Hempstead community development

agency. 1. A community development agency to be known as the

incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency, is

hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes

specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in

accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New

York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in

duration and consist of not less than three and not more than five

members including the mayor. The additional members shall be appointed

by the mayor with the concurring approval of the village board. It shall

have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by article

fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal agencies. It shall be

organized in the manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions

of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the agency, its members,

officers and employees and its operations and activities shall in all

respect be governed by the provisions of such article.

2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law unless the

context clearly requires otherwise, any reference in any other law,

general, special or local, ordinance or resolution to the incorporated

village of Hempstead urban renewal agency shall be deemed a reference to

the incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency. All

acts, proceedings, rights and remedies of the incorporated village of

Hempstead urban renewal agency, created by chapter two hundred sixty-six

of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-four effective or occurring prior

to the effective date of this section shall be and remain valid and

preserved and shall in no manner be lost, impaired or affected by reason

of the provisions of this section.