NY Pub Auth L § 3630 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 10-C - New York Health Care Corporations Title 6 - Erie County Medical Center Corporation 3630 - General Powers of the Corporation.

§  3630.  General powers of the corporation. Except as limited by this   title, the public  health  law,  the  mental  hygiene  law,  the  social   services  law,  the  education law, the civil practice law and rules, or   any other applicable law  or  regulation,  the  corporation  shall  have   power:1.  to  sue and be sued and to participate in actions and proceedings,   whether judicial, administrative, or otherwise;2. to have a seal and to alter such seal, and to use it by causing  it   or  a  facsimile  thereof to be affixed, impressed, or reproduced in any   other manner;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. to purchase, receive, take by  grant,  gift,  devise,  bequest,  or   otherwise, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ, use,   and  otherwise  deal  in  and  with,  real  or personal property, or any   interest therein, wherever situated;6. to purchase, take, receive, subscribe for,  or  otherwise  acquire,   own,  hold,  vote,  employ,  sell,  lend,  lease, exchange, transfer, or   otherwise dispose of, mortgage, pledge, use, and otherwise deal  in  and   with,  bonds  and  other  obligations,  shares,  or  other securities or   interests issued by others, whether  engaged  in  similar  or  different   business, governmental, or other activities;7. to accept subventions from other persons or any unit of government;8.  to  sell,  convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose   of, mortgage or pledge, or create a security interest in, all or any  of   its  property,  or  any  interest  therein, wherever situated, upon such   terms and conditions  and  in  such  manner  as  the  corporation  shall   determine;9.  to  acquire  by  condemnation  pursuant  to  the provisions of the   eminent domain procedure  law  any  real  property  within  Erie  county   required  by  the  corporation  to  carry out the powers granted by this   title with the approval of both the  Erie  county  legislature  and  the   county executive;10.   to   make   capital   contributions   to   other  not-for-profit   corporations;11. to offer participation in the New York state and local  employees'   retirement  system  for  all its officers and employees and to establish   and  carry  out  other  retirement  plans  authorized  pursuant  to  the   retirement  and  social security law, which may be offered to all of its   officers and employees not participating in the New York state and local   employees' retirement system, and  to  establish  and  carry  out  other   incentive  and  benefit  plans, trusts, and provisions for any or all of   its officers and employees, subject  to  the  applicable  provisions  of   article fourteen of the civil service law;12.  to be a promoter, partner, member, associate, or manager of other   not-for-profit activities or business enterprises or  ventures,  or,  to   the extent permitted in any other jurisdiction, to be an incorporator of   other corporations of any type or kind;13.  to make contracts, give guarantees, and incur liabilities, borrow   money at such rates of interest as the corporation may determine,  issue   notes,  bonds,  and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations   by mortgage or pledge of all or any of  its  property  or  any  interest   therein, wherever situated; 14. to issue bonds for any corporate purpose or project, to refund the   same, and to provide for the rights of holders thereof;15.  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,   or  any  public  corporation  or  any  other source, and to use any such   gifts,  grants,  loans,  or  contributions  for  any  of  its  corporate   purposes;16. 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;17. to lend money, invest and reinvest its funds, and  take  and  hold   real  and personal property as security for the payment of funds so lent   or invested;18. to designate the depositories of its money;19. to establish its fiscal year;20. to conduct the activities of the corporation,  have  offices,  and   exercise  the powers granted by this title in any jurisdiction within or   without the United States;21. 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;22.  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;23.   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;24.  except  as limited by state law or regulation, to fix and collect   rates, rentals, fees, lease payments, and other charges for the services   rendered by it or for the use of the facilities  owned,  controlled,  or   administered by or in the exercise of the powers of the corporation;25.  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;26.  the corporation may covenant and consent that the interest on any   of its bonds or notes issued pursuant to this title shall be includable,   under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as  amended  (the   "code")  or  any  subsequent  corresponding  internal revenue law of the   United States, in gross income of the holders of the bonds or  notes  to   the  same  extent  and  in  the  same manner that the interest on bills,   bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States is includable in   the gross income of the holders thereof  under  the  code  or  any  such   subsequent law;27.  to  make,  adopt,  amend,  enforce,  and  repeal  rules  for  its   governance and internal management and personnel practices,  subject  to   article fourteen of the civil service law, where applicable;28.  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; and29.  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.