N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 593
A municipal urban renewal agency, to be known as the Niagara Falls 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 the mayor and all of the council members of the city of Niagara Falls, together with four members to be appointed by the mayor with the concurring approval of the city council. 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 of its operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such article.
N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 593