N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 6-0105: State smart growth public infrastructure policy

§ 6-0105. State smart growth public infrastructure policy.

It is the purpose of this article to augment the state's environmental

policy by declaring a fiscally prudent state policy of maximizing the

social, economic and environmental benefits from public infrastructure

development through minimizing unnecessary costs of sprawl development

including environmental degradation, disinvestment in urban and suburban

communities and loss of open space induced by sprawl facilitated by the

funding or development of new or expanded transportation, sewer and

waste water treatment, water, education, housing and other publicly

supported infrastructure inconsistent with smart growth public

infrastructure criteria.