N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-2301: Legislative purpose

§ 15-2301. Legislative purpose.

The purpose of title 23 of this article is to provide a method by

which a project may be undertaken to improve the channel, construct

dikes or regulate the flow of a river for the protection of life,

property and the public health or welfare from damage by floods, such

work in general to be done at the expense of the owners of the

properties and of the political subdivisions of the state benefited

thereby.