§ 5. Powers of the agency. Except as otherwise limited by this act,
the agency shall have power:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

3. To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary
or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this
act;

4. To make and alter by-laws for its organization and internal
management;

5. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
purposes;

6. To appoint officers, agents and employees, prescribe their duties
and qualifications and fix their compensation;

7. To borrow money and issue negotiable notes, bonds or other
obligations and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;

8. To invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any monies
not required for immediate use or disbursement, at the discretion of the
agency, in obligations of the state or the United States government or
obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by the
state or the United States government, or in any other obligations in
which the comptroller of the state of New York is authorized to invest
pursuant to section ninety-eight of the state finance law;

9. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health pursuant to
the provisions of article twenty-eight-A of the public health law, to
make mortgage and project loans to nursing home companies and to
undertake commitments to make any such mortgage and project loans;

* 10. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health pursuant
to the provisions of article twenty-eight-B of the public health law, to
make mortgage and project loans to non-profit hospital corporations and
non-profit medical corporations constituting eligible borrowers and
eligible secured hospital borrowers and to undertake commitments to make
any such mortgage and project loans;

* NB Expired December 31, 2015

10. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health pursuant to
the provisions of article 28-B of the public health law, to make
mortgage loans and project loans to non-profit hospital corporations and
non-profit medical corporations constituting eligible borrowers and to
undertake commitments to make any such mortgage loans and project loans;

10-a. To make federally-aided mortgage loans pursuant to section
five-a of this act and, in connection with such federally-aided mortgage
loans, to exercise the powers and undertake the responsibilities as
required by any law, regulation or other requirement of the federal
government.

10-b. To make equipment loans pursuant to section five-b of this act
and, in connection with such equipment loans, to enter into agreements
with respect to the repayment of such loans.

10-c. Subject to any agreement with bondholders and noteholders as may
then exist, to permit eligible borrowers and nursing home companies to
incur, assume or guarantee indebtedness from a lender other than the
agency or from the agency under a separate bond resolution, as provided
for in agreements with bondholders and noteholders and section five-c of
this act.

11. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health, to sell, at
public or private sale, any mortgage or other obligation securing a
mortgage loan made by the agency;

12. In connection with the making of mortgage or project loans and
commitments therefor to non-profit hospital corporations and non-profit
medical corporations constituting eligible borrowers or nursing home
companies, to make and collect from such corporations and companies such
fees and charges, including but not limited to reimbursement of all
costs of financing by the agency, service charges and insurance
premiums, as the agency shall determine to be reasonable;

12-a. In connection with the financing or refinancing of a mental
health services facility pursuant to lease, sublease, loan or other
financing agreements for the purpose of providing financing or
refinancing for or for the purpose of constructing, rehabilitating or
improving mental health services facilities, to make and collect such
fees and charges, including but not limited to reimbursement of all
costs of financing by the agency, service charges, insurance premiums,
letter of credit fees or the costs of any other financial mechanisms
which may be used to reduce the debt service that would be payable by
the agency on its mental health services facilities improvement bonds
and notes, as the agency shall determine to be reasonable.

13. In connection with any property on which it has made a mortgage
loan or a project loan, to foreclose on any such property secured by a
mortgage or commence any action to protect or enforce any right
conferred upon it by any law, mortgage, contract or other agreement, and
to bid for and purchase such property at any foreclosure or at any other
sale, or acquire or take possession of any such property; and in such
event the agency may complete, administer, pay the principal of and
interest on any obligations incurred in connection with such property,
dispose of, and otherwise deal with, such property, in such manner as
may be necessary or desirable to protect the interests of the agency
therein;

14. To lease or purchase one or more existing health facilities from a
municipality and cause such health facilities to be reconstructed,
rehabilitated or improved, or to lease or purchase real property from a
municipality and cause one or more health facilities to be constructed,
reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved thereon, or to lease or
purchase one or more existing health facilities from a municipality
which has already been constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or
improved provided, however, that no such health facility shall be
eligible for such lease or purchase unless it has been constructed,
reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved within eighteen months of the
date of the bond issue and the amount of the bond issue used to finance
such lease or purchase shall not exceed the total project cost to the
municipality of such construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or
improvement. At the election of the agency, any construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement pursuant to this
subdivision may be performed by the facilities development corporation,
acting as the agent of the agency;

15. To lease or purchase from any person, firm or corporation one or
more existing health facilities and cause such health facilities to be
reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved or to lease or purchase real
property from any person, firm or corporation and cause one or more
health facilities to be constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or
improved thereon, or to lease or purchase one or more existing health
facilities from a person, firm or corporation which has already been
constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved provided, however,
that no such health facility shall be eligible for such lease or
purchase unless it has been constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or
improved within eighteen months of the date of the bond issue and the
amount of the bond issue used to finance such lease or purchase shall
not exceed the total project cost to the municipality of such
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement. At the
election of the agency, any construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation
or improvement pursuant to this subdivision may be performed by the
facilities development corporation, acting as the agent of the agency;

* 15-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision fifteen of this
section, to lease or purchase from any person, firm or corporation one
or more health facilities the construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation or improvement of which has been financed, in whole or in
part, through loans furnished, secured or arranged by a local
development corporation incorporated and existing pursuant to section
1411 of the not-for-profit corporation law, provided, however, that such
local development corporation was in existence and engaged in promoting
the development of health facilities on January 1, 1999, and provided,
further, that the proceeds of the bond issue allocable to each such
health facility shall not exceed seven million five hundred thousand
dollars.

* NB Repealed June 30, 2027

16. To lease or sublease to a municipality health facilities which
have been constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated or
improved by the agency pursuant to this act and the facilities
development improvement act, if applicable;

17. To exercise all or any combination of the powers set forth in
subdivisions fourteen, fifteen and sixteen of this section;

18. To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its
property and other assets (including mortgages and mortgage loans) in
such amounts, and from such insurers, as it deems desirable;

19. To accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or
financial or other aid in any form from the federal government or any
agency or instrumentality thereof or from the state or from any other
source and to comply, subject to the provisions of this act, with the
terms and conditions thereof;

20. To engage the services of private consultants on a contract basis
for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice;

21. To enter into a contract with the New York state housing finance
agency to market and service any agency bonds and notes approved by the
agency and to contract with the New York state housing finance agency to
render such other services as the agency may request, including but not
limited to the use of the premises, personnel and personal property of
the New York state housing finance agency, and to provide for
reimbursement to the New York state housing finance agency from the
agency for any expenses necessarily incurred by the New York state
housing finance agency in carrying out the terms of any such contract.
Any such contract shall be subject to the separate approval of the
director of the budget;

22. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health, to acquire
by purchase from the New York state housing finance agency any mortgage
or other obligation securing a loan made by the New York state housing
finance agency to a hospital corporation or to a nursing home company,
and to sell same at public or private sale;

23. To acquire by purchase from the New York state housing finance
agency its right, title and interest in real property, leaseholds and
subleaseholds relating to the municipal health facilities improvement
program;

24. To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its
purposes and exercise the powers expressly given and granted in this
act.