Section 477. City of Beacon housing authority

A  municipal housing
  authority to be known as the city of Beacon housing authority, is hereby
  created and established  for  the  city  of  Beacon  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.