N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2751: Statement of legislative findings and purpose

§ 2751. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature

hereby finds and declares as follows:

1. The economic well-being of the state and the general welfare of its

people require adequate, safe, secure and efficient aviation and

transportation facilities at a reasonable cost to the people.

2. The strengthening and improvement of aviation facilities and

related services for the western part of the state is a matter of vital

importance not only to the residents of western New York but to all the

state's residents and is therefore a matter of state concern.

3. In order to insure a healthy economy for such area and to promote

the general welfare of its residents, it is necessary to expand and

improve the existing aviation facilities and services in Monroe county

in such a manner as to stimulate and promote increased local, state,

national and international air travel and commerce through western New

York.

4. The health, welfare, safety and security of the state's residents

and of those passengers using air transportation requires coordinated

operation of aviation facilities and services in Monroe county by a

public benefit airport authority.

5. The purposes of such authority shall be (i) to stimulate and

promote economic development, trade and tourism (ii) to acquire,

construct, reconstruct, continue, develop, equip, expand, improve,

maintain, finance and operate aviation and other related facilities and

services within Monroe county (iii) to promote safe, secure, efficient

and economical air transportation by preserving and enhancing airport

capacity (iv) to form an integral part of a safe and effective

nationwide system of airports to meet the present and future needs of

civil aeronautics and national defense and to assure inclusion of the

authority's facilities in state, national and international programs for

air transportation and for airport or airway capital improvement, all in

accordance with the provisions of this title (v) to insure that aviation

facilities authorized pursuant to this title shall provide for the

protection and enhancement of the natural resources and the quality of

the environment of the state and the western New York area.

6. Such purposes are in all respects public purposes for the benefit

of the people of the State of New York and for which public funds may be

expended and both the county and the authority in carrying out their

respective powers and duties under this title shall be deemed to be

acting in a governmental capacity. The acquisition, construction,

reconstruction, development, expansion, improvement, equipping,

operation and maintenance of any project financed or undertaken by the

authority or the county shall be deemed to be the performance of an

essential governmental function by the authority or the county acting in

its governmental capacity, whether such project shall be owned or

operated by the authority or by any person or public corporation.