* § 1621-d. Purpose and powers of the authority. The purpose of the
authority shall be to provide, operate or maintain, or any combination
thereof, one or more projects in the city. 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 real property subject to the approval of at least four
members of the common council in the name of the city by purchase or
condemnation or gift, and use necessary real property. All real property
acquired by the authority by condemnation shall be acquired in the
manner provided in the eminent domain procedure law, and further
provided, that the authority shall give the common council of the city
written notice of its intent to acquire any land by condemnation,
whereupon said common council, within a period of forty-five days after
the giving of such notice, by resolution voted upon affirmatively by at
least two members of such common council, 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;

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 city to use agents, employees, and
facilities of the city, including the corporation counsel, paying to the
city its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;

7. To appoint an attorney, and to fix his or her compensation;

8. To appoint officers, agents, employees, and consultants, to
prescribe their qualifications and to fix their compensation; subject,
however, to the provisions of the civil service law, as provided in this
section;

9. To designate officers and employees, appointed or used by the
authority, as specified in this section, 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 city to issue and serve such tickets
for traffic infractions committed anywhere in such city including at
parking spaces controlled by parking meters;

10. To make contracts, leases, as lessor or lessee, and any operating
agreement, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;

11. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip and furnish any
project as may be necessary or convenient;

12. To maintain and operate any projects;

13. 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 city, or any person, by bequest or otherwise, and to expend
the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;

14. To fix and collect rentals, fees and other charges for the use of
any project and to pledge the same, all subject to and in accordance
with such agreements with bondholders as may be made as hereinafter
provided;

15. To construct, operate or maintain in the projects all facilities
and equipment necessary or convenient in connection therewith; and to
contract for the providing, 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 city, or any agency
of the authority or city, 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
facilities authorized by this title.

* NB Repealed per § 1621-r (see chapter 597 of 2023 § 2 for specifics)