1548 - Purpose and powers of the authority.

* §  1548.  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:    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  condemnation  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 hereinafter provided;    8. To appoint an attorney, who may be the corporation counsel, and  to  fix his 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 hereinafter provided;    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 of Tuckahoe, 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 Dissolved December 1977