Section 585-A. Incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency

1.  A  community  development  agency  to  be  known   as   the  incorporated  village  of  Hempstead  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 five
  members including the mayor. The additional members shall  be  appointed
  by the mayor with the concurring approval of the village board. It 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
  respect be governed by the provisions of such article.
    2. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  law  unless  the
  context  clearly  requires  otherwise,  any  reference in any other law,
  general, special or local, ordinance or resolution to  the  incorporated
  village of Hempstead urban renewal agency shall be deemed a reference to
  the  incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency. All
  acts, proceedings, rights and remedies of the  incorporated  village  of
  Hempstead urban renewal agency, created by chapter two hundred sixty-six
  of  the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-four effective or occurring prior
  to the effective date of this section shall  be  and  remain  valid  and
  preserved and shall in no manner be lost, impaired or affected by reason
  of the provisions of this section.