2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 18-A - Industrial Development
Title 1 - Agencies, Organization and Powers
852 - Policy and Purposes of Article.

§ 852. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared to be the
  policy  of  this  state  to  promote  the  economic  welfare, recreation
  opportunities and prosperity of its inhabitants and to actively promote,
  attract, encourage and develop recreation, economically  sound  commerce
  and  industry  and economically sound projects identified and called for
  to implement a state heritage area management plan as provided in  title
  G  of  the  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  law through
  governmental action for  the  purpose  of  preventing  unemployment  and
  economic   deterioration  by  the  creation  of  industrial  development
  agencies which are hereby  declared  to  be  governmental  agencies  and
  instrumentalities  and  to grant to such industrial development agencies
  the rights and powers provided in this article.
It is hereby further declared to  be  the  policy  of  this  state  to
  protect  and  promote the health of the inhabitants of this state by the
  conservation, protection and improvement of the natural and cultural  or
  historic  resources  and  environment and to control land, sewer, water,
  air, noise or general environmental pollution derived from the operation
  of industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, recreation, horse
  racing facilities, railroad facilities, automobile racing facilities and
  research facilities and to grant such  industrial  development  agencies
  the  rights  and  powers  provided  by  this  article  with  respect  to
  industrial pollution control facilities.
It is hereby further declared to  be  the  policy  of  this  state  to
  protect  and  promote the health of the inhabitants of this state and to
  increase trade  through  promoting  the  development  of  facilities  to
  provide recreation for the citizens of the state and to attract tourists
  from other states.
The use of all such rights and powers is a public purpose essential to
  the public interest, and for which public funds may be expended.