Section 442. Orangetown Housing Authority

A municipal housing authority,
  to be known as the Orangetown Housing Authority, is hereby  created  and
  established  for  the  town of Orangetown in the county of Rockland, 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 be 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.