ยง 608. Ithaca urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal agency,
to be known as the Ithaca 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, shall be perpetual in duration,
and shall consist of five members including the mayor. Appointments
shall be made by the mayor with the approval of a majority of members of
the common council and they shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor. A
member shall continue to hold office until his successor is appointed
and has qualified. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter
conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal 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.