§ 437. Poughkeepsie Housing Authority. A municipal housing authority,
to be known as the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority, is hereby created and
established for the city of Poughkeepsie in the county of Dutchess 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, be perpetual in duration and
consist of five members. It 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 by 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.