2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 5 - DRIVERS' LICENSES
Article 21 - (520 - 523-B) ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM
520 - Statement of findings and declaration of purpose.

 
    § 520. Statement   of   findings   and  declaration  of  purpose.  The
  ever-increasing  number  of  accidents,  personal  injuries  and  deaths
  resulting  from  alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses is a matter of
  great  concern  to  the  legislature.  The  diminished   perception   of
  intoxicated and impaired operators of motor vehicles presents a constant
  and  intolerable  threat  to the lives and well-being of the citizens of
  the  state.  Efforts  aimed  at  alleviating  this  threat  have  proven
  inadequate.  The  public interest in the cause of highway safety will be
  well  served  by  the  implementation  of   a   permanent   program   of
  rehabilitation  for those operators convicted of alcohol or drug-related
  traffic  offenses  and  certain  operators  who  have  been  adjudicated
  youthful  offenders  for  alcohol  or drug-related traffic offenses. The
  commissioner of motor vehicles should have the  authority  to  offer  to
  such  operators  an opportunity for rehabilitation, thereby reducing the
  threat aimed at themselves and the people of the state.