NY Pub Auth L § 2633 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 28-A - Hudson-Mohawk Urban Cultural Park Commission 2633 - Purposes and Powers of the Commission.

§  2633.  Purposes  and  powers of the commission. The purposes of the   commission shall  be  to  undertake  the  necessary  administrative  and   development  activities  in  furtherance  of the management plan; and to   carry  out  the  aforesaid  purposes,  the  commission  shall  have  the   following powers: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;4.  To  acquire  by  purchase,  grant,  lease,  gift, condemnation, or   otherwise and to use, real  property  or  rights  or  easements  therein   necessary  for  its  corporate  purposes  subject  to  the local zoning,   planning and historic preservation regulations as well as  regional  and   local  comprehensive  land  use  plans,  and  to sell, convey, mortgage,   lease, pledge, exchange or otherwise dispose of  any  such  property  in   such manner as the commission shall determine;5.  To  make  by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs   and, subject to agreements with its bondholders, for the  regulation  of   the use of a project or projects;6.  With  the  consent  of  the  state or municipality, to use agents,   employees and facilities of the state or municipality;7. To appoint officers,  agents  and  employees,  to  prescribe  their   qualifications  and to fix their compensation and to pay the same out of   funds of the commission;8. To make contracts  and  leases,  and  to  execute  all  instruments   necessary  or  convenient  to  or  with any person, firm, partnership or   corporation, either public or private;9. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, lease, improve, maintain, equip   or furnish one or more projects;10. To administer a preservation revolving fund,  including  provision   for  grants  and loans therefrom with funds for such purpose from state,   municipal, and/or private  sources  for  the  preservation  of  historic   properties  to  private  property  owners  for  preservation projects in   furtherance of the  public  interest  in  preservation  as  declared  in   section 14.01 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law;11.  To  accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from, and enter   into contracts or other transactions with, the  United  States  and  the   state  or any commission of either of them, any municipality, any public   or private corporation or any other legal entity, and to  use  any  such   gifts, grants, loans or contributions for any of its corporate purposes;12. 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   commission may deem desirable;13. To designate the depositories of its money;13-a. To make amendments to  the  Hudson-Mohawk  urban  cultural  park   management  plan,  in  lieu of the appropriate local legislative bodies,   subject to the approval of the commissioner  of  parks,  recreation  and   historic preservation pursuant to the provisions of section 35.05 of the   parks, recreation and historic preservation law;14. To establish and re-establish its fiscal year; and15. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes   and exercise the powers expressly given in this title.