2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 7 - Parking Authorities › Title 8-A - Harrison Parking Authority › 1570-C - Purpose and Powers of the Authority.

§  1570-c.  Purpose  and  powers  of the authority. The purpose of the
  authority shall be to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  one  or  more
  projects  in the village. To carry out such 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 in the name of the village by purchase or condemnation,
  and use necessary real property.  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 village;
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  village  to use agents, employees and
  facilities of the village, paying to the village 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 provided in this title;
8.  To appoint an attorney, who may be the corporation counsel, and to
  fix his or her compensation;
9. To make contracts  and  leases,  and  to  execute  all  instruments
  necessary or convenient;
10.  To  construct such buildings, structures and facilities as may be
  necessary;
11. To reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate the projects;
12. 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 village, or an individual, by bequest or otherwise, and  to
  expend the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;
13.  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 provided in this title;
14.  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; provided, however,
  that neither the authority, the village nor any agency of the  authority
  or  the village, nor any other person, firm or corporation shall, within
  or on any property comprising a part of any project authorized  by  this
  title, sell, dispense or otherwise handle any product used in or for the
  servicing  of any motor vehicle using any project or facility authorized
  by this title; and
15. 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.