New York Laws
Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review
8-0101 - Purpose.

It is the purpose of this act to declare a state policy which will
encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his
environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage
to the environment and enhance human and community resources; and to
enrich the understanding of the ecological systems, natural, human and
community resources important to the people of the state.

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