N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law § 35.13: Local or regional heritage areas

§ 35.13 Local or regional heritage areas. The legislature finds and

declares that the heritage area approach to the identification,

preservation, development and use of the important natural and historic

resources in urban or regional settings is a valuable means to increase

public educational and recreational opportunities and generally enrich

the quality of life within a community or region. Therefore, the

commissioner and officials of other state agencies may encourage local

efforts to establish heritage areas around heritage area resources of

local or regional significance. The commissioner may relate or integrate

local and regional heritage areas into a statewide system of state

designated heritage areas.