39.09 – Powers and Duties of the Commission.
§ 39.09 Powers and duties of the commission. The commission shall have the following powers: 1. To sue and be sued; 2. To have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure; 3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes; 4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation […]
39.11 – Designation.
§ 39.11 Designation. The Niagara river greenway is hereby designated to include those lands of state agencies, public corporations, and municipalities adjacent to the Niagara river as identified in the approved plan of the commission.
39.13 – Cooperation With Municipalities, State Agencies and Public Corporations.
§ 39.13 Cooperation with municipalities, state agencies and public corporations. 1. The commission is a cooperative regional organization established to implement a greenway based upon the mutual assent and participation of each municipality, state agency and public corporation holding lands under its jurisdiction adjacent to the Niagara river. The activities of the commission shall be […]
39.15 – Appropriations by Municipalities.
§ 39.15 Appropriations by municipalities. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the local legislative bodies of any municipality may appropriate and transfer to the commission moneys to be expended by the commission to carry out its functions pursuant to this article.
39.17 – State Purpose.
§ 39.17 State purpose. The development of a Niagara greenway plan is considered a state purpose. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any state agency or public corporation within amounts appropriated or available therefore may offer assistance to the commission in support of its corporate purpose through the lending of staff or other resources to […]
39.19 – State Actions.
§ 39.19 State actions. Each state agency shall review its actions within the greenway in relation to the consistency of such actions with the approved Niagara river greenway plan.
35.11 – Grants and Technical Assistance.
§ 35.11 Grants and technical assistance. 1. Within the amounts appropriated and available therefor, the commissioner may award a grant or grants to local governments or other appropriate entities for planning, design, acquisition, development and programming of heritage areas. The sharing limitations under this section shall not apply to any other state grant program or […]
35.13 – Local or Regional Heritage Areas.
§ 35.13 Local or regional heritage areas. The legislature finds and declares that the heritage area approach to the identification, preservation, development and use of the important natural and historic resources in urban or regional settings is a valuable means to increase public educational and recreational opportunities and generally enrich the quality of life within […]
35.15 – Preservation of Heritage Area Resources.
§ 35.15 Preservation of heritage area resources. 1. The commissioner shall establish, with the advice of the advisory council and the local officials from communities designated in section 35.03 of this article, standards and criteria for preservation of resources within heritage areas. At least one public hearing shall be held to solicit comment on the […]
39.01 – Legislative Findings and Intent.
§ 39.01 Legislative findings and intent. The Niagara River corridor is of unique ecological, cultural and economic importance to western New York connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario communities and ecologies. This corridor has played an important role in the history of the Niagara Frontier and it can and should continue to define the western […]