N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 6-0103: Definitions

§ 6-0103. Definitions.

As used in this article:

1. "Criteria" shall mean the state smart growth public infrastructure

criteria provided in section 6-0107 of this article.

2. "State infrastructure agency" shall mean the department, the

department of transportation, the department of education, the

department of health, the department of state, the New York state

environmental facilities corporation, the New York state housing finance

agency, the housing trust fund corporation, the dormitory authority, the

thruway authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the

empire state development corporation, the New York state urban

development corporation and all other New York authorities. Any

subsidiary of, or corporation with the same members or directors as, a

public benefit corporation identified in this subdivision shall also be

deemed to be within the definition of state infrastructure agency under

this article.

3. "Municipal centers" shall mean areas of concentrated and mixed land

uses that serve as centers for various activities, including, but not

limited to, central business districts, main streets, downtown areas,

brownfield opportunity areas, downtown areas of local waterfront

revitalization program areas, transit-oriented development,

environmental justice areas, and hardship areas. Municipal centers shall

also include: areas adjacent to municipal centers, as defined in this

subdivision, which have clearly defined borders, are designated for

concentrated development in the future in a municipal or regional

comprehensive plan, and exhibit strong land use, transportation,

infrastructure and economic connections to a municipal center; and areas

designated in a municipal or comprehensive plan, and appropriately zoned

in a municipal zoning ordinance, as a future municipal center.