N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 8.01: Legislative findings and declaration of policy

§ 8.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. The

legislature hereby finds and declares that New York state is unique

among states for its contribution to the art of writing and for the

special resources and opportunities it offers to writers. It is hereby

further found that the art of writing is of increasing importance and

that the general welfare of the people of the state will be enhanced by

the establishment of a center devoted to writing and the allied arts.

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

New York state writers' institute with a legislative mandate to

encourage the development of writing skills at all levels of education

throughout the state, to provide a milieu for established and aspiring

writers to work together to encourage the development of, and increase

the freedom of, the artistic imagination of this art in the state of New

York.