{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-14-0109","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 14-0109","heading":"Responsibilities of the council","body":"§ 14-0109. Responsibilities of the council.\n  The New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council\nshall:\n  1. Promote the understanding, protection, restoration and enhancement\nof New York's ocean and Great Lakes ecosystems while promoting\nsustainable and competitive economic development and job creation;\n  2. Ensure that community needs and aspirations are accommodated,\nrecognizing the interdependent goals of community well-being,\nenvironmental quality and economic viability;\n  3. Define and implement an adaptive approach building upon existing\nlaws and programs to advance activities that affect coastal ecosystems\nin order to ensure the coexistence of healthy ecosystems with human\nactivities;\n  4. Integrate and coordinate ecosystem-based management with existing\nlaws and programs;\n  5. Develop guidelines for agency programs and activities that affect\ncoastal ecosystems to advance the policy and principles delineated in\nsection 14-0103 of this article;\n  6. Encourage scientific research and information sharing that will\ninform ecosystem-based management decisions and enhance ecosystem\nmanagement capabilities;\n  7. Use New York's private and public academic, research and non-profit\ninstitutions more effectively in developing and advancing coastal\necosystem-based management;\n  8. Facilitate regional coordination and cooperation to address complex\ncoastal resource issues which cross political and jurisdictional\nboundaries.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 14. New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/14-0109","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"567b41da15bedca8f30bb7acb8531859f325a2e44fd4846762733cca0b26583e","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-14-0107","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-14-0111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}