N.Y. Public Housing Law § 571: Town of Patterson housing authority

§ 571. Town of Patterson housing authority. A municipal housing

authority, to be known as the Town of Patterson housing authority, is

hereby created and established for the Town of Patterson in the County

of Putnam 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 powers 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. For purposes of article

fifteen-A of the executive law only, the authority shall be deemed a

state agency as that term is used in such article, and its contracts for

design, construction, services and materials shall be deemed state

contracts within the meaning of that term as set forth in such article.