N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1427: White Plains parking authority

§ 1427. White Plains parking authority. 1. A board to be known as

"White Plains parking authority" is hereby created. Such board shall be

a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation.

It shall consist of a chairman and six other members, who shall be

appointed by the mayor of the city. On or before the first day of July,

nineteen hundred eighty, the mayor shall appoint four members, two for

terms of office expiring on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred

eighty-two, and two for terms of office expiring on the thirtieth day of

June, nineteen hundred eighty-three. The two members appointed for

terms of office expiring on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred

eighty-two, shall be deemed to have been appointed to fill two existing

vacancies in such board occurring by the expiration of the terms of

office of two members heretofore appointed for terms expiring on the

thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-nine. Each of three

members whose term of office expires on the thirtieth day of June,

nineteen hundred eighty-one, shall continue to serve until such date or

until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The terms of

office of all successor members shall be three years, so that the term

of office of one-third of such members, as nearly as possible, shall

expire on the thirtieth day of June in each year. Each member shall

continue to serve until the appointment and qualification of his

successor. Vacancies in such board occurring otherwise than by the

expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members

of the board shall choose from their number a vice-chairman. The mayor

may remove any member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or

misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and

an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his defense

upon not less than ten days' notice. The members of the board shall be

entitled to no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to

reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of their official duties. The powers of the authority shall

be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board

then in office. Such board may delegate to one or more of its members

or to its officers, agents and employees such powers and duties as it

may deem proper.

2. It is hereby determined and declared that the authority and the

carrying out of its powers, purposes, and duties are in all respects for

the benefit of the people of the city of White Plains and the state of

New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity

and that said purposes are public purposes and that the authority is and

will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of

the powers conferred upon it by this title.