§ 2050-ee. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the\npower:\n 1. To sue and be sued.\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same.\n 3. To acquire in the name of the authority, hold, sell, lease,\nmortgage or otherwise dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, or\nany interest therein within the area of operation, without limitation,\nfor its corporate purposes and to take by eminent domain, in the name of\nthe authority, pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law, any real\nproperty required to carry out its corporate purposes; provided,\nhowever, that in the acquisition of any real property designated as the\nsite for any facility, the authority shall give consideration to the\npresent and any proposed land use character of the area in which the\nsite is to be located and zoning laws or regulations, if any, otherwise\ngenerally applicable to such area. The authority shall not determine to\nconstruct a facility outside of its area of operation without approval\nof the solid waste management planning unit (as that term is defined in\nsection 27-0107 of the environmental conservation law) responsible for\nthe municipality in which such facility is to be constructed and without\nthe approval of the chief executive officer and local legislative body\nof such municipality. The authority shall not site a solid waste\nmanagement-resource recovery facility within an agricultural district\nestablished pursuant to article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and\nmarkets law.\n 4. To collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell,\nstore, convey, recycle, and deal with, in any lawful manner and way\nsolid waste and any products or by-products thereof now or hereafter\ndeveloped or discovered, including any energy generated by the operation\nof any solid waste management-resource recovery facility. Any such\ndisposal or sale may be effected on such terms and in such manner as the\nauthority may deem proper.\n 5. To plan, develop and construct projects and to pay the cost thereof\nand to have the right to contract in relation thereto with the towns, or\nother municipalities or persons within or without the area of operation\nand to own and operate, maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct,\nrenovate, rehabilitate, replace, increase, enlarge, and extend, subject\nto the provisions of this title, any of its projects acquired or\nconstructed under this title, and to enter into contracts for any and\nall such purposes and for the management and operation of a project, and\nto sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any project or part\nthereof to any person or public corporation, municipality or the state,\nsubject to such conditions and limitations as the authority may\ndetermine to be in the public interest.\n 6. To assist in the planning, development and construction of and the\nfinancing of the cost of any project to be located in the area of\noperation, whether or not such project is to be owned or operated by the\nauthority.\n 7. To collect or receive from the United States, the state, any county\nwithin the state, the towns, any other municipality or public\ncorporation or person, solid waste for the purpose of treatment or\ndisposal thereof, with the right of the authority to sell and dispose of\nany products or by-products (including energy) of such process of\ntreatment or disposal, as the authority may deem proper.\n 8. To contract with the towns, or other municipalities, state\nagencies, public corporations or persons within or without the area of\noperation, for the purpose of collecting, receiving, treating and\ndisposing of solid waste, including, without limitation, to contract\nwith persons for the delivery of all solid waste generated within a\nstated area to a specific solid waste management-resource recovery\nfacility.\n 9. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs\nand, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the\nuse of any project or o
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