The fund shall have the following powers: a. To acquire real property or interests therein by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest and to improve, develop or rehabilitate such property.
b.To acquire personal property, including money, by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest.
c.To administer or to sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property acquired by it and to invest or expend the proceeds thereof and any other moneys made available to it from any other source, in such a manner as shall be consistent with and in furtherance of its corporate purposes.
d.To rent, buy, sell and deal in goods and merchandise in any way connected with or appropriate for providing for the needs of homeless persons.
e.To undertake any work, including the furnishing of se
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The fund shall have the following powers: a. To acquire real property or interests therein by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest and to improve, develop or rehabilitate such property. b. To acquire personal property, including money, by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest. c. To administer or to sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property acquired by it and to invest or expend the proceeds thereof and any other moneys made available to it from any other source, in such a manner as shall be consistent with and in furtherance of its corporate purposes. d. To rent, buy, sell and deal in goods and merchandise in any way connected with or appropriate for providing for the needs of homeless persons. e. To undertake any work, including the furnishing of services, equipment and materials in connection with providing for the needs of homeless persons. f. To appoint officers, agents and employees and to fix their compensation and to retain such expert legal, financial and other consultant services as it deems necessary to carry out its powers. g. To cooperate and contract with such other public and private agencies as may be appropriate in assisting the fund in carrying out its corporate purposes. h. To make contracts and to execute all necessary instruments to carry out its corporate purposes. i. To request the New York Department of Social Services, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and other appropriate agencies of each state to assist the fund in executing its responsibilities under this act. To this end, the fund shall seek the assistance of the departments and agencies for the following: development of applications for funding; review of proposed operating plans; site reviews; determination of public need; development, negotiation and execution of contracts; and such other tasks as the fund may deem appropriate. The departments and agencies shall cooperate with the fund to carry out such delegated tasks, to the extent funds are available for the administration thereof. The fund, to the extent possible, shall avoid duplicating existing or new programs of either state. j. To sue and be sued to the extent permitted by the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S. 59:1-1 et seq., or the New York Court of Claims Act. k. To have a seal and to alter it as it chooses. l. To adopt measures and procedures to ensure that members of minority groups and women are provided meaningful opportunity to participate in contracts funded by the fund. m. To do all things necessary or convenient to execute its corporate powers. n. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the fund shall not, in the exercise of its powers or responsibilities under this act, assume the legal title to projects developed to aid homeless persons pursuant to this act. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 5.