N.Y. Pub. Hous. Law § 431
A municipal housing authority to be known as the Rome Housing Authority is hereby created in the city of Rome, in the county of Oneida, 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 and consist of five members and shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed 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. Such authority shall have perpetual duration. Its members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Rome.
N.Y. Pub. Hous. Law § 431