Section 554. Village of West Carthage Housing Authority

A municipal housing
  authority,  to  be  known  as  the  Village  of  West  Carthage  Housing
  Authority, is hereby created and established for  the  village  of  West
  Carthage 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 seven 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.