Section 1622-D. 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 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;
    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 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 make contracts, leases, as lessor or lessee, and  any  operating
  agreement, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;
    10.  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.
    11. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip and furnish any
  project as may be necessary or convenient;
    12. To maintain and operate any project;
    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.