609 - Tuckahoe urban renewal agency.

§ 609. Tuckahoe urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal agency  to  be  known as the Tuckahoe urban renewal agency is hereby established  for the accomplishment of any  or  all  of  the  purposes  specified  in  articles  fifteen  and fifteen-A of this chapter, and in accordance with  article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It  shall  constitute  a  body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration, and  shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by  the  mayor  of  the  village  of  Tuckahoe. Of the members first appointed, one shall be  appointed for a period of one year, two for a period of two  years,  and  two  for  a  period of three years. At the expiration of such terms, the  terms of office of their successors shall be three years. Not more  than  three  members  of  the  agency  shall  be members of the same political  party. Each member shall serve until the appointment  and  qualification  of  his  successor. Vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration  of term shall be filled by the mayor for the unexpired term.  The  mayor  and the members of the board of trustees of the village may be appointed  as  members  of  the urban renewal agency, and their terms as members of  the agency shall not expire solely by reason of the expiration of  their  terms  of  office  as mayor or village trustee, respectively.  The mayor  shall designate the first chairman. The Agency shall have the powers and  duties now or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of  this  chapter  upon  municipal  renewal  agencies.  It shall be organized in the manner  prescribed by and subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this  chapter, and  the  agency,  its  members,  officers  and  employees  and  activities  shall  in all respects be governed by the provisions of such  article.