N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1622-d: Purpose and powers of the authority

§ 1622-d. Purpose and powers of the authority. The purpose of the

authority shall be to provide, operate or maintain or any combination

thereof one or more projects in the village. To carry out said purpose,

the 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, including the power to purchase prospective or tentative

awards in connection with the condemnation of real property;

4. To acquire real property subject to the approval of at least four

members of the board of trustees in the name of the village by purchase

or condemnation or gift, and use necessary real property. All real

property acquired by the authority by condemnation shall be acquired in

the manner provided in the eminent domain procedure law or in the manner

provided by law for the condemnation of land by the village, and further

provided, that the authority shall give the board of trustees of the

village written notice of its intent to acquire any land by

condemnation, whereupon said board of trustees, within a period of

forty-five days after the giving of such notice, by resolution voted

upon affirmatively by at least four members of such board of trustees,

may determine that such land shall not be so acquired, in which event

the authority shall be without further power to so acquire the same by

condemnation;

5. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs,

and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the

project;

6. With the consent of the village to use agents, employees, and

facilities of the village, including the village attorney, paying to the

village its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;

7. To appoint an attorney, and to fix his compensation;

8. To appoint officers, agents, employees, and consultants, to

prescribe their qualifications and to fix their compensation; subject,

however, to the provisions of the civil service law, as hereinafter

provided;

9. To make contracts, leases, as lessor or lessee, and any operating

agreement, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;

10. To designate officers and employees, appointed or used by the

authority, as hereinabove specified, who shall be empowered to issue

appearance tickets as provided for in article one hundred fifty of the

criminal procedure law. Persons so designated are hereby authorized to

issue and serve such tickets for traffic infractions relating to parking

within "project" areas as defined herein, in accordance with law and

when authorized by local law of the village to issue and serve such

tickets for traffic infractions committed anywhere in such village

including at parking spaces controlled by parking meters.

11. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip and furnish any

project as may be necessary or convenient;

12. To maintain and operate any project;

13. To accept grants, loans or contributions from the United States,

the state of New York, or any agency or instrumentality of either of

them, or the village, or any person, by bequest or otherwise, and to

expend the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;

14. To fix and collect rentals, fees and other charges for the use of

any project and to pledge the same, all subject to and in accordance

with such agreements with bondholders as may be made as hereinafter

provided;

15. To construct, operate or maintain in the projects all facilities

and equipment necessary or convenient in connection therewith; and to

contract for the providing, operation or maintenance of any parts

thereof or for services to be performed; to rent parts thereof, and

grant concessions, all on such terms and conditions as it may determine;

provided, however, that neither the authority, the village, or any

agency of the authority or village, or any other person, firm or

corporation shall, within or on any property comprising a part of any

project authorized by this title, sell, dispense or otherwise handle any

product used in or for the servicing of any motor vehicle using any

project or facilities authorized by this title.