2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 7 - Parking Authorities › Title 16 - Village of Mount Kisco Parking Authority › 1599-DDD - Purpose and Powers of the Authority.

* §  1599-ddd. 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 said purpose, the authority shall
have power:
(a) To sue and be sued;
(b) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(c) 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;
(d)  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 condemnation law or in the manner provided by law
for  the condemnation of land by the village, and further provided, that
the authority shall give the board of trustees of  the  village  written
notice of its intent to acquire any land by condemnation, whereupon said
board  of  trustees, within a period of forty-five days after the giving
of such notice, by resolution voted upon affirmatively by at least  four
members  of  such  board of trustees, may determine that such land shall
not be so acquired, in  which  event  the  authority  shall  be  without
further power to so acquire the same by condemnation;
(e)  To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs,
and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation  of  the
project;
(f)  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;
(g)  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; to
designate officers and employees, appointed or used by the authority, as
hereinabove specified,  who  shall  be  empowered  to  issue  appearance
tickets  as  provided  for  in article one hundred fifty of the criminal
procedure law. Persons so designated are hereby authorized to issue  and
serve  such  tickets  for traffic infractions relating to parking within
"project" areas as defined herein,  in  accordance  with  law  and  when
authorized  by  local  law  of the town of Mount Kisco or the village to
issue and serve such tickets for traffic infractions committed  anywhere
in  such  town or such village including at parking spaces controlled by
parking meters;
(h) To appoint an attorney, who may be the village  attorney,  and  to
fix his compensation;
(i)  To  make  contracts  and  leases,  and to execute all instruments
necessary or convenient;
(j) To construct such buildings, structures and facilities as  may  be
necessary;
(k) To reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate the projects;
(l)  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;
(m) 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;
(n) 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 of Mount Kisco, or any agency of
the  authority  or  village,  or  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.
* NB Authority ceased to exist 06/01/1976
* NB There are 2 § 1599-ddd's