Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237
It is the purpose of this act to declare a state policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and enhance human and community resources; and to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems, natural, human and community resources important to the people of the state.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 8-0101