New York Laws
Article 10-D - Regional College Cooperative Services Board
496 - Legislative Declaration.

ยง 496. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds and
declares that the scarcity of higher educational facilities within the
state poses a serious threat to the future of the state's citizens.
Recognizing this scarcity and the threat posed thereby, it is the sense
of the members of the legislature that the higher educational needs of
our citizens can best be served by the enactment of legislation that
will allow for the wider use of existing educational facilities within
the state.