Section 517. Village of Lynbrook housing authority

A municipal housing
  authority to be known as the village of Lynbrook  housing  authority  is
  hereby created and established for the village of Lynbrook in the county
  of  Nassau,  for  the  accomplishment  of  any  or  all  of the purposes
  specified in 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 five members. It shall have all the  powers  and
  duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing
  authorities.  It  shall  be  organized  in  the manner prescribed by and
  subject to the provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  the  authority,  its
  members,  officers and employees and its operations and activities shall
  in all respects be governed by the provisions of this chapter.