§ 640. City of Hudson community development and planning agency. An urban renewal agency, to be known as the city of Hudson community development and planning 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, and be perpetual in duration and shall consist of five members, including the mayor, majority leader of the common council, minority leader of the common council, chairman of planning commission and chairman of the housing authority. 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 respects be governed by the provisions of such article.