N.Y. Executive Law § 150: Legislative findings

§ 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares

that:

1. Strong local government has been a major positive factor in the

political, economic and social development of the state;

2. The future welfare of the state depends in large measure on the

effectiveness of local government and of its relationships to state

government;

3. Population shifts and other economic and social trends have brought

new problems to local government;

4. The state has the responsibility toward local government to

coordinate state services and information for the benefit of local

government, to assist in the solution of its problems, and otherwise to

help local government in making itself as strong and effective as

possible;

5. The need for a more rational planning process requires a high

degree of local, state and interstate cooperation;

6. The need for a single state agency to review and comment on local

planning efforts of statewide significance, state agency planning and

interstate planning commission programs is recognized;

7. A common data base developed by the official state planning agency

in conjunction with planning efforts at all levels of government is

essential to effective planning; and

8. State planning and development policies should promote planning

programs among state agencies and between levels of government that

maximize environmental and economic benefits to the localities.