Section 584. Port Jervis community development agency

A municipal urban
  renewal agency, to be known as the  Port  Jervis  community  development
  agency,  is  hereby  established for the accomplishment of any or all of
  the purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter
  and in accordance with 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 not less than three and not more
  than seven members. Three of the members, who shall be residents of Port
  Jervis, shall be appointed by the mayor to serve for one, two and  three
  year  terms,  respectively.  Of  the  remaining  members,  two  shall be
  selected from the majority of the city council to serve at its pleasure,
  and two shall be selected from the minority of the city council to serve
  at its pleasure. The agency shall have the  powers  and  duties  now  or
  hereafter  conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal
  renewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by  and
  be  subject  to  the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and
  the agency, its members, officers and employees and its  operations  and
  activities  shall  in all respects be governed by the provisions of such
  article.