NY Exec L § 916 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 42 - Waterfront Revitalization of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways 916 - Benefits of Approved Waterfront Revitalization Programs.

§ 916. Benefits  of  approved  waterfront  revitalization programs. In   recognition of the state policy set forth in this article  to  encourage   the revitalization of waterfront areas in a manner consistent with local   objectives,  the following benefits shall apply where a local government   waterfront revitalization program has been approved pursuant to  section   nine hundred fifteen or section nine hundred fifteen-a of this article.1.  a. The secretary shall examine programs operated by state agencies   which may have the potential to affect the policies and purposes  of  an   approved  waterfront  revitalization  program.  Such  examination  shall   include  programs  which  involve   issuance   of   permits,   licenses,   certifications  and  other forms of approval of land use or development,   the provision of grants, loans and other funding assistance which  leads   to  or  influences land use or development, directly undertaken land use   or development and planning  activities.  The  secretary  shall,  within   sixty  days  after  approval  of  a  waterfront  revitalization program,   identify actions under such state agency programs which  are  likely  to   affect  the  achievement  of  the policies and purposes of such approved   program, and shall notify the affected state agency. The  secretary  may   at  any  time  identify additional actions and notify the affected state   agencies thereof.b. The state agency program actions so identified shall be  undertaken   in  a  manner which is consistent to the maximum extent practicable with   the  approved  waterfront  revitalization  program.  Reviews  by   state   agencies  of  proposed  actions  to  determine consistency with approved   waterfront revitalization programs shall be coordinated with and made  a   part  of  other agency procedures, including reviews conducted under the   state environmental quality review act as provided in article  eight  of   the environmental conservation law.2.  The office of business permits shall conduct continuing studies of   means of expediting development called for  in  approved  programs.  The   secretary  shall assist the office of business permits in the conduct of   such studies, which should address  the  consolidation,  simplification,   expediting  or  otherwise  improving  permit procedures which may affect   development called for in such  areas  taking  into  account  the  state   policy  set  forth  in  this  article  to provide consistency of program   actions at all levels of government for such areas.3.  The  secretary  shall  consult  and  work  with  state   agencies,   including,  but  not  limited to, the urban development corporation, the   job development authority, the environmental facilities corporation, the   office  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic   preservation   and   the   departments  of  economic  development  and  transportation,  to seek to   identify  additional   means   of   effectuating   approved   waterfront   revitalization  programs.  The  secretary  shall make recommendations to   local, state and federal agencies and the legislature, as appropriate.