Section 543. Village of Alexandria Bay Housing Authority

A municipal
  housing authority, to be known as the Village of Alexandria Bay  Housing
  Authority,  is  hereby  created  and  established  for  the  village  of
  Alexandria Bay in the county of Jefferson 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  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.