N.Y. Education Law § 496: Legislative declaration

§ 496. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds and

declares that the scarcity of higher educational facilities within the

state poses a serious threat to the future of the state's citizens.

Recognizing this scarcity and the threat posed thereby, it is the sense

of the members of the legislature that the higher educational needs of

our citizens can best be served by the enactment of legislation that

will allow for the wider use of existing educational facilities within

the state.