N.Y. General Municipal Law § 852: Policy and purposes of article

§ 852. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared to be the

policy of this state to promote the economic welfare, recreation

opportunities and prosperity of its inhabitants and to actively promote,

attract, encourage and develop recreation, economically sound commerce

and industry and economically sound projects identified and called for

to implement a state heritage area management plan as provided in title

G of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law through

governmental action for the purpose of preventing unemployment and

economic deterioration by the creation of industrial development

agencies which are hereby declared to be governmental agencies and

instrumentalities and to grant to such industrial development agencies

the rights and powers provided in this article.

It is hereby further declared to be the policy of this state to

protect and promote the health of the inhabitants of this state by the

conservation, protection and improvement of the natural and cultural or

historic resources and environment and to control land, sewer, water,

air, noise or general environmental pollution derived from the operation

of industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, recreation, horse

racing facilities, railroad facilities, automobile racing facilities and

research facilities and to grant such industrial development agencies

the rights and powers provided by this article with respect to

industrial pollution control facilities.

It is hereby further declared to be the policy of this state to

protect and promote the health of the inhabitants of this state and to

increase trade through promoting the development of facilities to

provide recreation for the citizens of the state and to attract tourists

from other states and to promote the development of renewable energy

projects to support the state's renewable energy goals as may be

established or amended from time to time.

The use of all such rights and powers is a public purpose essential to

the public interest, and for which public funds may be expended.