NY Pub Auth L § 3404 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 10-C - New York Health Care Corporations Title 2 - Nassau Health Care Corporation 3404 - General Powers of the Corporation.

§  3404. General powers of the corporation. Subject to this title, the civil practice law and rules, the public health law, the mental  hygiene law,  the social services law, the education law or any other applicable law or regulation, the corporation shall have power:   1. to sue and be sued;   2. to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;   3. to borrow money and issue bonds for any of its  corporate  purposes or its projects, or to refund the same, and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;   4. to make and alter by-laws for its organization and management, and, subject  to agreements with its bondholders, to make and alter rules and regulations governing the exercise of its powers and the fulfillment  of its purposes under this title;   5. (a) to acquire by purchase, grant, lease, gift, or otherwise and to hold  and  use  property necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out its corporate purposes, and to sell, convey,  mortgage,  lease,  pledge, exchange or otherwise dispose of any such property in such manner as the corporation shall determine;  (b)  to  acquire  by  condemnation  pursuant  to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law any  real  property  within  Nassau  county required  by  the  corporation  to  carry out the powers granted by this title with the approval of both the county legislature  and  the  county executive;   6.  to  acquire,  construct,  lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, operate one or more projects  and,  if  necessary,  to  pay  or finance the cost thereof;   7.  to  accept  gifts,  grants,  loans  or  contributions  of funds or property or financial or other aid in any  form  from,  and  enter  into contracts or other transactions with, the federal government, the state, the county or any public corporation or any other source, and to use any such  gifts,  grants,  loans  or  contributions for any of its corporate purposes;   8. to grant options to renew any lease with respect to any project  or projects  and  to  grant options to buy any project at such price as the corporation may deem desirable;   9. to designate the depositories of its money;   10. to establish its fiscal year;   11. to enter into contracts and to execute all  instruments  necessary or  convenient or desirable for the purposes of the corporation to carry out any powers expressly given to it in this title;   12. to appoint such officers, employees and agents as the  corporation may  require  for the performance of its duties and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation subject to the provisions of the civil  service  law  and  any  applicable  collective  bargaining agreement,  and  to  retain  or  employ counsel, auditors, engineers and private consultants on a  contract  basis  or  otherwise  for  rendering professional, management or technical services and advice;   13.  to  use  employees,  agents,  consultants  and  facilities of the county, paying the county its agreed proportion of the  compensation  or costs pursuant to an agreement with the county;   14. to make and adopt plans, surveys and studies necessary, convenient or  desirable  to  the  effectuation  of  the purposes and powers of the corporation and to prepare recommendations in regard thereto;   15. except where otherwise provided by law or regulation, to  fix  and collect rates, rentals, fees and other charges for the services rendered by  or for use of the facilities or in the exercise of the powers of the corporation;    16. to enter upon such lands, waters or premises as in the judgment of the corporation may  be  necessary,  convenient  or  desirable  for  the purpose  of  making  surveys,  soundings,  borings  and  examinations to accomplish any purpose  authorized by this title, the corporation  being liable for actual damage done;   17.  to  insure  or  otherwise  to  provide  for  the insurance of the corporation's property or operations  and  also  contract  against  such other  risks  as  the  corporation  may  deem  advisable,  including the interest rate risk for obligations  it  issues  bearing  interest  at  a floating  or  otherwise  adjustable  rate which prevents the actual rate over the term of the debt from being ascertained  at  the  date  of  its incurrence,  and  including  the power to make any payments with respect thereto; and   18. to do all things necessary,  convenient  or  desirable,  including ancillary  and  incidental activities, to carry out its purposes and for the exercise of the powers granted in this title.