N.Y. Public Housing Law § 431: Rome Housing Authority

§ 431. Rome Housing Authority. A municipal housing authority to be

known as the Rome Housing Authority is hereby created in the city of

Rome, in the county of Oneida, 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 and

consist of five members and shall have the powers and duties now or

hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.

It shall be organized in the manner prescribed 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. Such authority shall have

perpetual duration. Its members shall be appointed by the mayor of the

city of Rome.