N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 624

§ 624. Poughkeepsie urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Poughkeepsie urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished 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 the aldermen of the city of Poughkeepsie and the\nmayor who shall be the chairman. It shall have the powers and duties\nnow or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon\nmunicipal renewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner\nprescribed by and be subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of\nthis chapter and the agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of such article.\n