Section 575. Town of Glenville housing authority

A municipal housing
  authority, to be known as the Town of Glenville  housing  authority,  is
  hereby  created  and established for the town of Glenville 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 at least three members and not more than 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. For purposes of  article  fifteen-A  of  the
  executive law, the authority shall be deemed a state agency as that term
  is  used  in  such  article, and its contracts for design, construction,
  services and materials  shall  be  deemed  state  contracts  within  the
  meaning of that term as set forth in such article.