N.Y. Public Housing Law § 419: Mount Vernon Housing Authority

§ 419. Mount Vernon Housing Authority. A municipal housing authority,

to be known as the Mount Vernon Housing Authority is hereby created and

established in the city of Mount Vernon in the county of Westchester for

the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in 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 five members. It shall have the power and duties now or

hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.

It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the

provisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and

employees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be

governed by the provisions of this chapter.