2006 New York Code - Purpose And Powers Of The Authority.

 
    §  1596-d.  Purpose  and  powers  of the authority. The purpose of the
  authority shall be to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  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 in the name of the city by purchase or condemnation, and
  use real property necessary or convenient. All real property acquired by
  condemnation  by  the authority 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 city;
    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 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;
    7-a. To designate officers and employees, appointed  or  used  by  the
  authority,  as  hereinabove  specified,  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 the  city  at  parking  spaces
  controlled by parking meters.
    8.  To  make  contracts  and  leases,  and  to execute all instruments
  necessary or convenient;
    9. To construct such buildings, structures and facilities  as  may  be
  necessary or convenient;
    10. To reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate the projects;
    11.  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, and to expend the proceeds for any purposes of the
  authority;
    12. 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;
    13. 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 city of Yonkers, 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  facility
  authorized  by  this  title,  and  provided further that the location of
  sites of the projects shall be  subject  to  the  prior  advice  of  the
  planning board of the city.