New York Consolidated Laws, Public Authorities Law - PBA § 1599-ddd. Purpose and powers of the authority

(a) To sue and be sued;

(b) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(c) 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;

(d) To acquire, in the name of the village by purchase or condemnation, and use necessary real property. All real property acquired by the authority by condemnation shall be acquired in the manner provided in the condemnation law  1 or in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of land by the village, and further provided, that the authority shall give the board of trustees of the village written notice of its intent to acquire any land by condemnation, whereupon said board of trustees, within a period of forty-five days after the giving of such notice, by resolution voted upon affirmatively by at least four members of such board of trustees, 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;

(e) To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs, and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the project;

(f) With the consent of the village to use agents, employees and facilities of the village, paying to the village its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;

(g) 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; 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 town of Mount Kisco or the village to issue and serve such tickets for traffic infractions committed anywhere in such town or such village including at parking spaces controlled by parking meters;

(h) To appoint an attorney, who may be the village attorney, and to fix his compensation;

(i) To make contracts and leases, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;

(j) To construct such buildings, structures and facilities as may be necessary;

(k) To reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate the projects;

(l) 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 village, or an individual, by bequest or otherwise, and to expend the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;

(m) 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;

(n) 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 village of Mount Kisco, or any agency of the authority or village, 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.