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N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law § 7.01: Park regions

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  1. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
  2. Title B. Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
  3. Article 7. Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions

§ 7.01 Park regions. The state shall be divided into twelve park

regions as follows:

1. The first region shall consist of the counties of Erie and Niagara

and so much of the county of Cattaraugus as is contained between the

present boundary line of Cattaraugus and Erie counties and a line

running parallel with such boundary line and two miles south of such

boundary line.

2. The second region shall consist of the counties of Chatauqua,

Allegany, and Cattaraugus, except such part of Cattaraugus county as is

included in the first park region.

3. The third region shall consist of the counties of Orleans, Genesee,

Monroe, Wyoming and Livingston.

4. The fourth region shall consist of the counties of Wayne, Ontario,

Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Yates, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca and Cayuga,

except the watershed of Skaneateles lake.

5. The fifth region shall consist of the counties of Oswego, Onondaga,

Madison, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, and Broome, the watershed of

Skaneateles lake and those portions of the counties of Herkimer, Oneida

and Delaware lying outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.

6. The sixth region shall consist of the counties of Hamilton and

Essex and those portions of the counties of Saint Lawrence, Lewis,

Oneida, Clinton, Franklin, Herkimer, Fulton, Ulster, Saratoga, Warren,

Washington, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan lying within the Adirondack or

Catskill parks as defined in section 9-0101 of the environmental

conservation law.

7. The seventh region shall consist of the counties of Columbia,

Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester.

8. The eighth region shall consist of the counties of Orange and

Rockland and those portions of the counties of Sullivan and Ulster lying

outside the Catskill park.

9. The ninth region shall consist of the counties of Nassau and

Suffolk.

10. The tenth region shall consist of the county of Jefferson and

those portions of the counties of Lewis, Clinton, Franklin and Saint

Lawrence lying outside the Adirondack park.

11. The eleventh region shall consist of the counties of Albany,

Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery and those portions of the

counties of Warren, Washington, Fulton, Saratoga and Greene lying

outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.

12. The twelfth region shall consist of the counties of Kings, Queens,

New York, Bronx and Richmond.

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