Section 481. City of Batavia housing authority

A municipal housing
  authority to be known as the city of Batavia housing authority is hereby
  created and established for the city of Batavia in the county of Genesee
  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.