Section 552. Village of Watkins Glen Housing Authority

A municipal
  housing authority, to be known as the Village of  Watkins  Glen  Housing
  Authority,  is hereby created and established for the Village of Watkins
  Glen in the county of Schuyler 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.