Section 2655. General purposes and powers of the authority

The general
  purposes of the authority shall be to design,  develop,  plan,  finance,
  create,  site,  construct,  renovate,  administer,  operate, manage, and
  maintain all metroplex facilities and metroplex parks within the service
  district defined in section twenty-six hundred fifty-four of this title.
  To carry out such purposes the authority shall have the power:
    1. To sue and be sued;
    2. To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for  its
  corporate purposes;
    3. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
    4.  To  borrow money and issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes
  or its projects, or to refund the same, and to provide for the rights of
  the holders thereof;
    5. To make, subject to the provisions of  section  twenty-six  hundred
  fifty-five-a of this title, by-laws for the management and regulation of
  its affairs and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the design,
  development,  planning,  construction, financing, operation, management,
  siting and maintenance of all metroplex facilities and  metroplex  parks
  within the service district;
    6.  To  appoint  officers, agents and employees; and to describe their
  qualifications and fix their  compensation;  subject,  however,  to  the
  provisions of the civil service law as provided in this title;
    7.  To  make  contracts  and  leases,  and  to execute all instruments
  necessary or convenient;
    8.  To  design,  develop,  plan,  finance,  create,  site,  construct,
  renovate,  administer,  operate,  manage and/or maintain such buildings,
  parks,  structures,  and  other  facilities  as  may  be  necessary   or
  convenient, specifically, but not limited to:
    (a) trade exhibition facilities;
    (b) public show facilities;
    (c) public entertainment facilities and parks;
    (d) hotel and overnight accommodation facilities;
    (e) transportation and parking facilities;
    (f) historic preservation facilities and parks;
    (g) tourism facilities and parks;
    (h) sporting event facilities and parks;
    (i) special entertainment facilities and parks;
    (j) educational facilities and parks;
    (k) cultural and social facilities and parks;
    (l) infrastructure facilities;
    (m) industrial and manufacturing facilities and parks; and/or
    (n)  business,  commercial,  retail,  and/or  government office space,
  buildings and/or facilities;
    9. To collect revenues, dues, costs, assessments,  rentals,  fees  and
  other charges for the use of real or personal property and/or facilities
  and  parks  of  the  authority  subject  to  and in accordance with such
  agreements with bondholders as may be provided in this title;
    10.  To  contract  for  the   services   of   architects,   engineers,
  consultants,   lawyers,   financial  and  other  professional  advisors,
  developers,  contractors,  vendors,  concessioners,  tenants,   facility
  and/or  park  users,  occupants  and  managers  and  other  professional
  consultants and service providers, and to fix their compensation;
    11. To declare, designate, establish, design, create, site, construct,
  develop, plan, finance, operate,  renovate,  administer,  manage  and/or
  maintain  parks  and park districts within the service district so as to
  establish  parks  and/or  park  districts  for  historic   preservation,
  educational entertainment, and/or recreation;

    12.  Upon  the  resolution  of a municipality, to avoid, and be exempt
  from, zoning  and/or  planning  requirements,  laws  and/or  regulations
  established, created or enacted by the municipality;
    13. To designate the depositories of its money;
    14. To establish its fiscal year;
    15.  To  appoint  such officers, employees and agents as the authority
  may require for the performance of its duties and to fix  and  determine
  their qualifications, duties, and compensation subject to the provisions
  of  the  civil  service  law  and  any  applicable collective bargaining
  agreement, and to retain or  employ  counsel,  auditors,  engineers  and
  private  consultants  on  a  contract  basis  or otherwise for rendering
  professional, management or technical services and advice;
    16. To receive and  consider  reports  and  recommendations  from  any
  advisory  councils  or  boards  as  may  be  established  by  local law,
  ordinance, or resolution; and
    17. To do all things necessary,  convenient  or  desirable,  including
  ancillary  and  incidental activities, to carry out its purposes and for
  the exercise of the powers granted in this title.