2006 New York Code - Powers Of The Board.

 
    §  828. Powers of the board. The board of directors may name a manager
  and such other officers and employees as may be needed,  and  fix  their
  compensation;  may  determine the location, type, size, construction and
  equipment  of  requisite  regional  marketing  facilities   within   the
  district;   may   prepare   a   plan   for  financing  the  acquisition,
  construction, equipment  and  operation  of  such  facilities;  and  may
  exercise generally the powers of the authority to the end that there may
  be  constructed,  equipped  and  operated  adequate  regional  marketing
  facilities within the district  for  the  buying  and  selling  of  farm
  produce  and any and all other businesses which reasonably tend to serve
  the public in connection with that business or make it more  convenient,
  efficient,  profitable  or  successful. In the exercise of those powers,
  either directly or through its officers and employees the board  may  do
  the  following  things,  among  others, and the following list of powers
  shall not be deemed complete or exclusive, or to deny the  existence  of
  other  powers,  whether  similar  or  different,  so  long  as  they are
  reasonably  necessary  for  accomplishing  the  purposes  declared   and
  indicated in this title.
    (a) Make such investigations and hold such hearings and conferences as
  may  be  necessary  to formulate, adopt and revise a financial, building
  and operation program for a regional market within the district.
    (b) Acquire, lease, erect,  construct,  equip,  maintain  and  operate
  market  facilities within the district, and for such purposes to acquire
  real property within the district,  by  agreement  or  by  condemnation,
  including  options  and  leases  thereon  as  well as all other forms of
  acquisition, and to improve and equip the same, and to  mortgage,  sell,
  rent,  exchange  or  dispose  of  any  property,  real  or  personal, or
  interests therein or licenses affecting the same, as may seem advisable,
  including the leasing or sale of real property, heretofore acquired  and
  now  held  and  not  required  for  market  facilities,  for agriculture
  business, commercial or industrial uses.
    (c) Execute contracts, bonds, certificates of indebtedness  and  other
  obligations, and sell or dispose of the same in such amounts and at such
  rates  of  interest as may be advisable. This shall include the power to
  dispose of its bonds or other obligations to, and to borrow money  from,
  the  United  States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
  or any corporation owned or controlled by the United States  of  America
  or the state of New York.
    (d)  Employ  such manager or managers, and such clerical, engineering,
  legal or other professional assistance, services and  labor  as  may  be
  deemed necessary for accomplishing the purposes of this title, fix their
  compensation, and at pleasure discharge any of them.
    (e)  Fix,  impose and collect rentals and license fees relative to all
  business which may be done upon the market or in any way  involving  the
  use of its facilities; make rules and regulations which shall govern all
  such  business  and  all  persons  and  vehicles coming upon the market;
  provide  and  enforce  penalties  and  liquidated  damages  relative  to
  breaches of such rules and regulations and any contracts entered into.