Section 489. Town of Wallkill housing authority

A municipal housing
  authority to be known as the  town  of  Wallkill  housing  authority  is
  hereby created and established for the town of Wallkill in the county of
  Orange,  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 all 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.