§ 431. Rome Housing Authority. A municipal housing authority to be
known as the Rome Housing Authority is hereby created in the city of
Rome, in the county of Oneida, for the accomplishment of any or all of
the purposes specified in article eighteen of the constitution of the
state of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic and
consist of five members and shall have the powers and duties now or
hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.
It shall be organized in the manner prescribed and subject to the
provisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and
employees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be
governed by the provisions of this chapter. Such authority shall have
perpetual duration. Its members shall be appointed by the mayor of the
city of Rome.