Section 437. Poughkeepsie Housing Authority

A municipal housing authority,
  to be known as the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority, is hereby created and
  established  for  the city of Poughkeepsie in the county of Dutchess 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.