N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 9-2301: Legislative purpose and intent

* § 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent.

1. It is the intent of the legislature to hereby implement the

amendment to section one of article fourteen, of the New York state

constitution pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports

Complex located on forest preserve lands in the town of North Elba in

Essex County.

2. The legislature further intends that implementation of the

constitutional amendment should be accomplished in a manner that ensures

the integrity of the forest preserve land on which the sports complex is

situated and results in a significant increase of forest preserve

acreage in the Adirondack park.

3. The legislature intends that, as offset for the use of forest

preserve lands for the sports complex, the state shall acquire as an

addition to the forest preserve at least two thousand five hundred acres

of true forest land located in the Adirondack park. To ensure that such

lands will be acquired and have characteristics suitable for inclusion

in to the forest preserve, the legislature intends to review and approve

the acquisition of such lands.

4. For these reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section

one of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds

that it is in the public interest to hereby implement the constitutional

amendment pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.

* NB Effective on the same date as a certain CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF

THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY (see chapter 488 of 2025 § 2)