N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 4.01: Legislative findings and declaration of policy

§ 4.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. The

legislature hereby finds and declares that the Governor Nelson A.

Rockefeller empire state plaza is a unique architectural entity and is

intensively used by the public for recreation, for conventions of

business and governmental groups and for participation in exhibits and

exhibitions of the visual and performing arts.

It is hereby declared a policy of the state that there be created in

the executive department the empire state plaza art commission, with a

legislative mandate regarding the works of art of great value to the

people of the state of New York which are located in the empire state

plaza.