N.Y. Executive Law § 650: Statement of policy

§ 650. Statement of policy. The legislature hereby reaffirms its

policy to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between the

state and its employees to protect the public by assuring, at all times,

the orderly and uninterrupted operations and functions of state

government; and recognizes that furtherance of such policy requires

creation in the executive department of an office of employee relations

with staff and skills requisite to act as the governor's agent in

conducting collective negotiations, to assure the proper implementation

and administration of agreements reached pursuant to such negotiations,

and to assist the governor and direct and coordinate the state's efforts

with regard to the state's powers and duties under the public employees'

fair employment act.