ยง 598. Mount Vernon urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal
agency to be known as the Mount Vernon urban renewal agency is hereby
established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes
specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in
accordance with 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, consisting of the mayor,
president of the common council, comptroller, corporation counsel of the
city of Mount Vernon, New York and one other person who shall be
appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the mayor. It shall have all
the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of
this chapter upon municipal urban renewal agencies. It shall be
organized in the manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions
of article fifteen-A of this chapter, and the agency, its members,
officers, and employees, and its operations and activities, shall in all
respects be governed by the provisions of such article.