2006 New York Code - Legislative Findings.

 
    § 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
  that:
    1.  Strong  local  government  has been a major positive factor in the
  political, economic and social development of the state;
    2. The future welfare of the state depends in  large  measure  on  the
  effectiveness  of  local  government  and  of its relationships to state
  government;
    3. Population shifts and other economic and social trends have brought
  new problems to local government;
    4. The state has responsibility toward local government to  coordinate
  state  services  and information for the benefit of local government, to
  assist in the solution of its problems,  and  otherwise  to  help  local
  government in making itself as strong and effective as possible;
    5.  The  need  for  a  more  rational planning process requires a high
  degree of local, state and interstate cooperation;
    6. The need for a single state agency to review and comment  on  local
  planning  efforts  of  statewide significance, state agency planning and
  interstate planning commission programs is recognized;
    7. A common data base developed by the official state planning  agency
  in  conjunction  with  planning  efforts  at all levels of government is
  essential to effective planning; and
    8. State planning and development  policies  should  promote  planning
  programs  among  state  agencies  and  between levels of government that
  maximize environmental and economic benefits to the localities.