NY Pub Auth L § 1428 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 7 - Parking Authorities Title 2 - White Plains Parking Authority 1428 - Purpose and Powers of the Authority.

§  1428.  Purpose  and  powers  of  the  authority. The purpose of the   authority shall be to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  one  or  more   projects  in  the  city.  To carry out said purpose, the authority shall   have power:1. To sue and be sued;2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate   purposes, including the  power  to  purchase  prospective  or  tentative   awards in connection with the condemnation of real property;4.  To  acquire  by  purchase,  grant,  lease,  gift,  condemnation or   otherwise, and  use  real  property  necessary  or  convenient  for  its   corporate  purposes  and  to  sell,  convey,  mortgage,  lease,  pledge,   exchange, or otherwise dispose of such property in such  manner  as  the   authority  may  determine; provided that the location of the site of any   project shall be subject to the prior approval of the planning board  of   the  city.  All  real property acquired by the authority by condemnation   shall be acquired in the manner provided in the eminent domain procedure   law or in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of land by the   city;5. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of  its  affairs,   and,  subject  to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the   project;6. With the  consent  of  the  city  to  use  agents,  employees,  and   facilities of the city, including the corporation counsel, paying to the   city its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;7.  To  appoint  officers,  agents  and  employees, to prescribe their   qualifications and to fix their compensation; subject, however,  to  the   provisions of the civil service law, as hereinafter provided;8.  To  make  contracts  and  leases,  and  to execute all instruments   necessary or convenient;9. To construct such buildings, structures and facilities  as  may  be   necessary or convenient;10.  To  construct,  develop, maintain and operate the projects and to   contract in relation thereto with the city and with other  persons,  and   to  sell,  lease  or otherwise dispose of any project or part thereof to   any person, provided such person shall undertake to operate and maintain   any project or part thereof subject to such conditions  and  limitations   as  the  authority  may  determine  to  be  in  the  public interest and   consistent with its public purposes;11. To accept grants, loans or contributions from the  United  States,   the  state  of  New  York, or any agency or instrumentality of either of   them, or the city, and to expend the proceeds for any  purposes  of  the   authority;12.  To fix and collect rentals, fees and other charges for the use of   the projects or any of them subject  to  and  in  accordance  with  such   agreements with bondholders as may be made as hereinafter provided;13.  To  construct, operate or maintain in the projects all facilities   necessary or convenient in connection therewith; and to contract for the   construction, operation or maintenance  of  any  parts  thereof  or  for   services  to be performed; to rent parts thereof, and grant concessions,   all on such terms and conditions as it may determine.14. To enter into agreements with one or more  financing  agencies  to   provide  for  the acceptance by the authority of credit cards as a means   of payment of rentals, rates, fees and other charges owed by a person to   the authority. Any such agreement shall govern the terms and  conditions   upon  which  a credit card proffered as means of payment of a fee, rate,   rent or other charge shall be accepted or declined and the manner in and   conditions upon which the financing agency shall pay  to  the  authority    the  amount  of  fees,  rates, rents or other charges paid by means of a   credit card pursuant to such agreement. Any such agreement  may  provide   for  the  payment  by the authority to such financing agency of fees for   the  services  provided  by  such  financing  agency  pursuant  to  such   agreement, which fees may consist of a discount deducted from or payable   in respect to the amount of such fee, rate,  rent  or  other  charge  or   otherwise  as  the  agreement  may provide. If the authority has entered   into an agreement pursuant to this subdivision,  it  may  accept  credit   cards  as  a means of payment of fees, rates, rents or other charges, as   provided in any such agreement and may pay such fees as are specified in   such agreement to such financing agency thereunder.  The  authority  may   promulgate   any  rules  or  regulations  necessary  to  carry  out  the   provisions of this subdivision. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,   the  terms "credit card," "financing agency" and "person" shall have the   same meaning as provided in subdivision  (a)  of  section  five  of  the   general municipal law.