§ 5. General powers of the corporation. The corporation shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this act:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and to alter the same at its pleasure;\n 3. To adopt, alter, amend or repeal by-laws or rules or regulations\nfor the organization, management, and regulation of its affairs;\n 4. To borrow money and to issue negotiable notes, bonds or other\nevidences of indebtedness and to provide for the rights of the holders\nthereof in accordance with the provisions of this act; provided,\nhowever, that the corporation shall not issue bonds, notes or other\nevidences of indebtedness for the construction of a health facility\nwithout the prior approval of the mayor and, in the case of major\nconstruction, without first submitting to the mayor a written statement\nof the chairman of the board stating that the corporation has consulted\nwith the New York State housing finance agency and the New York State\nhealth and mental hygiene facilities improvement corporation with\nrespect to such major construction.\n 5. To make and to execute contracts and leases and all other\nagreements or instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of\nits powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes;\n 6. To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or sublease, and to\naccept jurisdiction over and to hold and own, and dispose of by sale,\nlease or sublease, real or personal property, including but not limited\nto a health facility, or any interest therein for its corporate\npurposes; provided, however, that no health facility or other real\nproperty acquired or constructed by the corporation shall be sold,\nleased or otherwise transferred by the corporation without public\nhearing by the corporation after twenty days public notice and without\nthe consent of the board of estimate of the city;\n 7. To operate, manage, superintend, and control any health facility\nunder its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain and otherwise keep up any\nsuch health facility; and to establish and collect fees, rentals or\nother charges, including reimbursement allowances, for the sale, lease\nor sublease of any such health facility, subject to the terms and\nconditions of any contract, lease, sublease or other agreement with the\ncity;\n 8. To provide health and medical services for the public directly or\nby agreement or lease with any person, firm or private or public\ncorporation or association, through and in the health facilities of the\ncorporation and to make rules and regulations governing admissions and\nhealth and medical services; and to establish and collect fees and other\ncharges, including reimbursement allowances, for the provision of such\nhealth and medical services; and to provide and maintain continuous\nresident physician and intern medical services; and to sponsor and\nconduct research, educational and training programs;\n 9. To provide, maintain and operate an ambulance service to bring\npatients to or remove them from any health facility of the corporation,\nand to adopt a schedule of appropriate charges and to provide for the\ncollection thereof;\n 10. To determine, in accordance with standards established by the\nadministration, the conditions under which a physician may be extended\nthe privilege of practicing within a health facility under the\njurisdiction of the corporation, and to promulgate reasonable rules and\nregulations for the conduct of all persons, physicians and nurses within\nany such facility;\n 11. To employ officers, executives, management personnel, and such\nother employees who formulate or participate in the formulation of the\nplans, policies, aims, standards, or who administer, manage or operate\nthe corporation and its hospitals or health facilities, or who assist\nand act in a confidential capacity to persons who are responsible for\nthe formulation, determination and effectuation of management policies\n
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