NY Mun Hsg Auth L § 66 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHA - Municipal Housing Authority (Article 5 of the former State Housing Law) Article 5 - Municipal Housing Authorities 66 - Powers of Authority.

* § 66. Powers of authority. An authority shall constitute a body both   corporate and politic. It shall have the following powers in addition to   others herein granted.To  investigate into living and housing conditions in the county, city   or village and into the means and methods of improving such  conditions;   to  determine  where unsanitary or substandard housing conditions exist;   to study and make  recommendations  concerning  the  municipal  plan  in   relation  to  the problems of clearing, replanning and reconstruction of   areas and the providing of housing accommodations  for  persons  of  low   income, and to cooperate with any municipal or regional planning agency;   to  prepare,  carry out and operate projects; to construct, reconstruct,   improve,  alter  or  repair  or  to  provide   for   the   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement, alteration or repair of any project or any   part thereof; to take over any project undertaken by any government;  to   act as agent for the federal government in connection with a project; to   arrange  with  the  county, city or village or with a government for the   furnishing,  planning,  replanning,  opening,  grading  or  closing   of   streets,  roads,  roadways,  alleys or other places or facilities or for   the acquisition by the municipality or  by  a  government  of  property,   options or property rights or for the furnishing of property or services   in  connection  with  a  project; to lease or rent any of the housing or   other accommodations or any  of  the  lands,  buildings,  structures  or   facilities embraced in any project and to establish and revise the rents   or  charges therefor; to enter upon any building or property in order to   conduct investigations or to make  surveys  or  soundings  necessary  to   carry  out  the  purposes  of  the authority; to purchase, lease, obtain   options upon, acquire by eminent domain or  otherwise,  sell,  exchange,   transfer,  assign  or  mortgage  any  property  real  or personal or any   interest therein; to acquire  any  property  real  or  personal  or  any   interest  therein  from  any  person, firm, corporation or government by   gift, grant,  bequest  or  devise;  to  own,  hold,  clear  and  improve   property;  to  insure  or  provide  for the insurance of the property or   operations of the authority against such risks as the authority may deem   advisable; to borrow money upon its bonds, notes,  debentures  or  other   evidences  of  indebtedness  and  to  secure  the same by mortgages upon   property held or to be held by it or by pledge of its  revenues,  or  in   any  other  manner;  to limit by contract, the exercise of any powers of   the authority granted in this article;  to  invest  any  funds  held  in   reserves  or  sinking  funds,  or  any  funds not required for immediate   disbursement in property  or  securities  in  which  savings  banks  may   legally  invest  funds  subject to their control; to sue and be sued; to   have a seal and to  alter  the  same  at  pleasure;  to  have  perpetual   succession;   to  make  and  execute  contracts  and  other  instruments   necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the  authority;   to  make  and  from  time  to  time  amend and repeal by-laws, rules and   regulations not inconsistent with this article to carry into effect  the   powers  and  purposes  of  the  authority;  to  conduct examinations and   investigations and to hear testimony and take proof under oath at public   or private hearings on any matter material for its information; to issue   subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses  or  the  production  of   books  and  papers  and  to  issue  commissions  for  the examination of   witnesses who are out of the  state  or  unable  to  attend  before  the   authority, or excused from attendance; and to do all things necessary or   convenient  to  carry  out the powers given in this article.  Any of the   investigations or examinations provided  for  in  this  article  may  be   conducted by the authority or by a committee appointed by it, consisting   of  one  or  more  members  thereof,  or by counsel, or by an officer or   employee specially authorized by the authority to conduct it. Any member    of the authority, its counsel, or any person designated by it to conduct   an investigation or examination shall have power  to  administer  oaths,   take affidavits and issue subpoenas or commissions. * NB  The  text  of  Article  5 of the former State Housing Law (cited   herein as the "Municipal Housing  Authorities  Law"),  as  such  article   existed  immediately  prior  to  its  repeal  pursuant to section 227 of   Chapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of  reference   and  historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for the   New York City Housing Authority pursuant to the  provisions  of  section   401 of the current Public Housing Law.