N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 620

§ 620. Freeport community development agency. A community development\nagency, to be known as the Freeport community development agency, is\nhereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in\nduration and consist of five members, including the mayor, who shall be\nits chairman, and who shall appoint the other four members of such\ncommunity development agency. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal\nrenewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and\nbe subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and\nthe agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such\narticle.\n