N.Y. PBA Law § 3306

§ 3306. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following\nadditional powers, except as limited by this title, the public health\nlaw, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the education law\nand any other applicable law or regulation:\n 1. 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, collect and adjust fees,\nrentals, and other charges for the sale, lease or sublease of any such\nhealth facility, subject to the terms and conditions of any contract,\nlease, sublease or other agreement with the county;\n 2. 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 or in the health facilities of the\ncorporation or otherwise and to make internal policies governing\nadmissions and health and medical services; and to establish, collect\nand adjust fees and other charges for the provision of such health and\nmedical services; and to provide and maintain resident physician and\nintern medical services; and to sponsor and conduct research,\neducational and training programs;\n 3. To provide uncompensated care to persons in need of health care\nservices without the ability to pay;\n 4. To provide, maintain and operate a medical transport service,\nprovided, however, nothing herein shall prohibit the corporation from\nadopting a schedule of charges for medical transport;\n 5. To enter into contracts, leases, subleases and other agreements for\nthe purpose of affiliating with a medical college in conjunction with\nthe corporation's health facilities, which agreements may provide for\nthe management, operation and staffing of health facilities, the\nreconstruction, renovation or addition to health facilities; the\nprovision of necessary facilities, utilities and services; and such\nother conditions or features necessary and proper for such purpose and\nfor the public health and general welfare;\n 6. To determine 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 internal\npolicies for the conduct of all persons, physicians and nurses within\nsuch facility; and\n 7. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision or as\nexpressly limited by any applicable state law or regulation to exercise\nand perform all or part of its purposes, powers, duties, functions or\nactivities through one or more subsidiary corporations owned or\ncontrolled wholly or in part by the corporation, which shall be formed\npursuant to the business corporation law, the limited liability company\nlaw, or the not-for-profit corporation law, in each case subject to all\nthe limitations provided in this article.\n (b) No subsidiary of the corporation shall own, operate, manage or\ncontrol the existing acute inpatient and outpatient facilities and\nservices now in operation on the grounds of the Valhalla campus.\n (c) Any such subsidiary may be authorized to act as a general or\nlimited partner in a partnership or as a member of a limited liability\ncompany, and enter into an arrangement calling for an initial and\nsubsequent payment by such subsidiary in consideration of an interest in\nrevenues or other contractual rights.\n (d) An entity shall be deemed a subsidiary corporation whenever and so\nlong as (i) more than half of any voting shares of such subsidiary are\nowned or held by the corporation or (ii) a majority of the directors,\ntrustees or members of such subsidiary are designees of the corporation.\n