§ 585-a. Incorporated village of Hempstead community development
agency. 1. A community development agency to be known as the
incorporated village of Hempstead community development 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 not less than three and not more than five
members including the mayor. The additional members shall be appointed
by the mayor with the concurring approval of the village board. 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
respect be governed by the provisions of such article.

2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, any reference in any other law,
general, special or local, ordinance or resolution to the incorporated
village of Hempstead urban renewal agency shall be deemed a reference to
the incorporated village of Hempstead community development agency. All
acts, proceedings, rights and remedies of the incorporated village of
Hempstead urban renewal agency, created by chapter two hundred sixty-six
of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-four effective or occurring prior
to the effective date of this section shall be and remain valid and
preserved and shall in no manner be lost, impaired or affected by reason
of the provisions of this section.