2023 New York Laws › MHA - Municipal Housing Authority (Article 5 of the former State Housing Law) › Article 5 - Municipal Housing Authorities › 63 - Establishment and Organizations of Authorities.

* §   63.  Establishment  and  organizations  of  authorities.  1.  An
  authority may be established by a county, city or  first  class  village
  upon  (i)  the  passage  of  a resolution by the local legislative body,
  authorizing the establishment of a housing authority and  directing  the
  mayor of the city or village, and in the case of counties, directing the
  county  executive to file a certificate therefor; (ii) the filing by the
  mayor or county executive in the office of the board, and a duplicate in
  the office of the secretary of state, of a certificate signed by him and
  setting forth (a) the name of  the  authority;  (b)  the  names  of  the
  members  and their terms, specifying which member is chairman; and (c) a
  copy of the aforesaid resolution.
2. An authority shall consist of five members appointed by  the  mayor
  or  county  executive,  as  the  case may be, and he shall designate the
  first chairman. Not more than one of the members may be an  official  of
  the  municipality.  In  the  event  that an official of the municipality
  shall be appointed as a member of the authority, acceptance or retention
  of such appointment shall not be deemed a forfeiture of his  office,  or
  incompatible  therewith or affect his tenure or compensation in any way.
  The term of office of a member of an authority who is an official of the
  municipality shall not be affected or curtailed by the expiration of the
  term of his office.
3. The members who are first appointed shall be  designated  to  serve
  for  terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively from the
  date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be  five
  years. A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed
  and has qualified. Vacancies other than by reason of expiration of terms
  shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three members shall constitute a
  quorum.  The  mayor  or  county  executive  shall  file with the board a
  certificate of the appointment or the reappointment  of  any  member.  A
  member  shall  receive  no compensation for his services but he shall be
  entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling expenses incurred
  in the discharge of his duties. An authority may delegate to one or more
  of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.
4. The mayor, and in the case of counties, the  county  executive  may
  remove  a  member of the authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
  misconduct in office, but only after the member shall have been given  a
  copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be heard in person
  or  by counsel in his own defense. In the event of removal, the mayor or
  county executive shall file in the office of the board a record  of  the
  proceedings  together with a copy of the charges made against the member
  and his findings thereon.  Pending the determination of charges  against
  a  member,  the mayor, and in the case of counties, the county executive
  may suspend him from office.
5. An authority shall file with the board and with the municipality  a
  copy  of  any  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  and amendments thereto
  adopted by it from time to time.
6. The territorial jurisdiction  of  an  authority  established  by  a
  county  shall  include  all  such  county,  except that such territorial
  jurisdiction shall not  include  any  territory  that  lies  within  the
  boundaries  of  any  city  or  first-class village, whether such city or
  village has or has  not  established  an  authority,  unless  the  local
  legislative  body  of  such  city or first-class village shall by proper
  resolution consent to the inclusion of the city or  first-class  village
  within the territorial jurisdiction of such county authority.
* 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.