Section 1600-DD. Purpose and powers of the authority

The purpose of the
  authority shall be to provide, operate or maintain, or  any  combination
  thereof, one or more projects in the village. 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 real property subject to the approval of at  least  four
  members  of the board of trustees in the name of the village by purchase
  or condemnation or gift, and  use  necessary  real  property.  All  real
  property  acquired by the authority by condemnation shall be acquired in
  the manner provided in the eminent domain  procedure  law,  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;
    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  village  to  use  agents,  employees,  and
  facilities of the village, including the village attorney, paying to the
  village its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;
    7. To appoint an attorney, and to fix his or her compensation;
    8.  To  appoint  officers,  agents,  employees,  and  consultants,  to
  prescribe their qualifications and to fix their  compensation;  subject,
  however,  to  the  provisions  of  the civil service law, as hereinafter
  provided;
    9. 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 village to issue and serve such
  tickets for traffic  infractions  committed  anywhere  in  such  village
  including at parking spaces controlled by parking meters;
    10.  To make contracts, leases, as lessor or lessee, and any operating
  agreement, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;
    11. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip and furnish any
  project as may be necessary or convenient;
    12. To maintain and operate any projects;
    13. 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 any person, by bequest  or  otherwise,  and  to
  expend the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;
    14.  To fix and collect rentals, fees and other charges for the use of
  any project and to pledge the same, all subject  to  and  in  accordance
  with  such  agreements  with  bondholders  as may be made as hereinafter
  provided;
    15. To construct, operate or maintain in the projects  all  facilities
  and  equipment  necessary  or convenient in connection therewith; and to
  contract for the  providing,  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,  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 facilities authorized by this title.