Section 416. Rotterdam Municipal Housing Authority

A municipal housing
  authority, to be known as the Rotterdam Municipal Housing Authority,  is
  hereby  created  and established for the town of Rotterdam in the county
  of Schenectady, 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 power 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.