N.Y. Public Housing Law § 32: Officers and employees; compensation and expenses

§ 32. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the

office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the

authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority

shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ,

subject to the provisions of the civil service law applicable to the

municipality in which it is established, a general manager, a secretary,

technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees as it

may require, and determine their qualifications, duties and, subject to

the approval of the local legislative body, fix their compensation. An

authority may call upon the corporation counsel or chief law officer of

the municipality for such legal services as it may require and it shall

reimburse the municipality for the cost of such services, or it may

employ its own counsel and legal staff. This section shall not be

construed to prevent an authority from engaging by contract in the

execution of a project architectural, engineering or other professional

or consultant services.

2. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees

such powers or duties as it may deem proper.

3. A member of an authority may be compensated on a per diem basis at

a rate to be fixed by the authority not to exceed in the aggregate two

thousand dollars for a member and two thousand five hundred dollars for

a chairman per annum and in addition shall be entitled to the necessary

expenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his

duties.

4. Every officer, agent or employee of an authority who shall sign the

receipt upon the payroll of an authority as having received the amount

therein mentioned in full payment for services rendered by him for the

entire time specified in such payroll or, in the event no payroll

receipt is required by an authority, shall endorse a check in the amount

shown upon such payroll and receive payment thereof, shall be deemed to

have made an accord and satisfaction of all claims against the authority

for wages, salary or other compensation due to such person from the

authority for the period covered by such payroll, unless at the time of

signing such payroll or endorsing such check the person receiving such

wages or salary shall write legibly on the payroll in connection with

his receipt or on such check in connection with his endorsement that the

amount received is received under protest, and unless such protest is so

written upon such payroll or check, no recovery shall be had against the

authority upon any further claim for wages, salaries or other

compensation for the period of time covered by such payroll.