NY Pub Auth L § 1048-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-D - General Powers of the Authority.

§ 1048-d. General powers of the authority. Except as otherwise limited   by this title, the authority 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 negotiable or non-negotiable notes, bonds   or  other  obligations  and  to  provide  for  the rights of the holders   thereof;4. To make  and  amend  by-laws  for  its  organization  and  internal   management,  and  rules  and  regulations  governing the exercise of its   power and the fulfillment of its purposes under this title and file such   by-laws with the secretary of state and clerk of the city;5. To enter into contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or   convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority to  carry  out   any powers expressly given it in this title;6.  To acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, contract or lease,   lease as lessee, hold, and use any real  or  personal  property  or  any   interest  therein,  as  the  authority may deem necessary, convenient or   desirable to carry out the purpose of this title provided, however,  the   authority may not acquire or otherwise receive real property of the city   without  the  consent of the city and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer   and dispose of any property or interests therein at any time required by   it in the exercise of its powers;7. To appoint such officers and employees as it 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 the rules of the civil service commission of   the city, and to retain  or  employ  counsel,  auditors,  engineers  and   private consultants for rendering professional or technical services and   advice;8. To make plans and studies necessary, convenient or desirable to the   effectuation  of the purposes and powers of the authority and to prepare   recommendations in regard thereto;9. To make use of existing studies, surveys,  plans,  data  and  other   material  in the possession of any state agency, any municipality or the   water board in order to avoid duplication of effort;10. To enter upon such lands, waters, or premises as in  the  judgment   of  the  authority shall be necessary for the purpose of making surveys,   soundings, borings and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized   by this title, the authority being liable only for actual damage done;11. To conduct investigations and hearings in the furtherance  of  its   general  purposes,  and  in  aid  thereof  to  have access to any books,   records or papers relevant thereto; and if any  person  whose  testimony   shall  be  required  for  the  proper  performance  of the duties of the   authority shall fail or refuse to aid or assist  the  authority  in  the   conduct  of  any  investigation  or  hearing, or to produce any relevant   books, records or other papers, the authority is authorized to apply for   process of subpoena, to issue out  of  any  court  of  general  original   jurisdiction whose process can reach such person, upon due cause shown;12. To enter into agreements with the water board and the city for the   financing by the authority of water projects, as herein provided;13.  To  apply for and to accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds   or property or financial or other aid  in  any  form  from  the  federal   government  or  any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from the state   or any agency or instrumentality thereof or from any other  source,  for   any  or  all  of  the purposes specified in this chapter, and to comply,   subject to the provisions of this title, with the terms  and  conditions   thereof; and 14.  To  do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out   its purposes and for the exercise of the powers granted in this title.