2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 32-A - (3220 - 3223) RECOMBINANT DNA EXPERIMENTS
3220 - Findings.

 
    §  3220.  Findings.    The  legislature  finds  that new techniques of
  genetic manipulation which allow researchers to accomplish exchanges  of
  genetic  material  between  unlike  organisms  offer great potential for
  expanding human knowledge of genetics but also may  present  significant
  risks to public health, to the environment and to the health of research
  workers.  These experiments are being conducted at research institutions
  in   New   York,   including   universities,  hospitals  and  industrial
  facilities. Industry plans to mass-produce recombinant organisms  should
  such  organisms  be  found  to have commercial uses.   Such research and
  production should only be conducted under safe conditions as  prescribed
  by the commissioner.