2015 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 6 - (Environmental Conservation) STATE SMART GROWTH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY ACT
6-0103 - Definitions.

6-0103. Definitions.
As used in this article:
1.  "Criteria" shall mean the state smart growth public infrastructure
  criteria provided in section 6-0107 of this article.
2. "State  infrastructure  agency"  shall  mean  the  department,  the
  department   of   transportation,   the  department  of  education,  the
  department of health, the  department  of  state,  the  New  York  state
  environmental facilities corporation, the New York state housing finance
  agency, the housing trust fund corporation, the dormitory authority, the
  thruway  authority,  the  port authority of New York and New Jersey, the
  empire  state  development  corporation,  the  New  York   state   urban
  development   corporation  and  all  other  New  York  authorities.  Any
  subsidiary of, or corporation with the same members or directors  as,  a
  public  benefit corporation identified in this subdivision shall also be
  deemed to be within the definition of state infrastructure agency  under
  this article.
3. "Municipal centers" shall mean areas of concentrated and mixed land
  uses  that  serve  as centers for various activities, including, but not
  limited to, central business districts, main  streets,  downtown  areas,
  brownfield   opportunity  areas,  downtown  areas  of  local  waterfront
  revitalization    program    areas,    transit-oriented     development,
  environmental justice areas, and hardship areas. Municipal centers shall
  also  include:  areas  adjacent to municipal centers, as defined in this
  subdivision, which have clearly  defined  borders,  are  designated  for
  concentrated  development  in  the  future  in  a  municipal or regional
  comprehensive  plan,  and  exhibit  strong  land  use,   transportation,
  infrastructure and economic connections to a municipal center; and areas
  designated in a municipal or comprehensive plan, and appropriately zoned
  in a municipal zoning ordinance, as a future municipal center.