2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title G - Heritage Areas › Article 35 - New York State System of Heritage Areas › 35.03 - State Designated Heritage Areas; Boundaries.

§   35.03   State   designated  heritage  areas;  boundaries.  1.  The
legislature hereby designates the following  historic  settings  of  the
state  that have been identified for their statewide significance in the
plan for a statewide system of urban cultural parks prepared pursuant to
chapter seven hundred twenty-seven  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
seventy-seven  or that have been subsequently identified and which, upon
completion of required  management  plans  and  their  approval  by  the
commissioner, shall be state designated heritage areas:
(a)  The  cohesive  geographical  area  within  the  city of New York,
including lower Manhattan or portions thereof  and  appropriate  coastal
portions of Brooklyn and Staten Island, associated with and revealing of
the development of maritime trade and immigration;
(b)  The  cohesive  geographical  area within the village of Ossining,
Westchester county, associated with  and  revealing  of  the  nineteenth
century public health and prison reform activities;
(c)  The  cohesive  geographical  area of the city of Kingston, Ulster
county, associated with and revealing of the growth and prosperity of  a
river port shaped by regional modes of transportation;
(d) The Hudson-Mohawk urban cultural park established by the cities of
Troy, Cohoes, Watervliet, the villages of Green Island and Waterford and
the  towns  of  Waterford and Colonie and recognized by section 13.27 of
this chapter;
(e) The cohesive geographical area of the city  of  Saratoga  Springs,
Saratoga  county,  associated with and revealing of its development as a
nineteenth century health and cultural resort;
(f)  The  cohesive  geographical  area  of  the  city  of  Schenectady
associated  with  both  the  city's  settlement  in  the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries and its growth  as  a  center  for  electrical  and
broadcasting development;
(g)  The  cohesive  geographical  area  of  the  village of Whitehall,
Washington county, associated with and revealing  of  its  crucial  role
during  the  French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War
of 1812 and with the development of the American Navy;
(h) The cohesive geographical area  including  all  or  parts  of  the
counties  of  Broome and Tioga associated with and revealing the natural
features  and  historic  development  including  the  topographical  and
agricultural  landscape,  Native  American settlement, the revolutionary
frontier,  early  industries,   labor   practices,   manufacturing   and
innovation, immigration and migration;
(i)  The  cohesive  geographical area of the city of Rochester, Monroe
county, including the Genesee River Gorge associated with and  revealing
of the periods of the cities' growth related to use of the river;
(j)  The  cohesive  geographical  area of the village of Seneca Falls,
Seneca county, associated with and revealing of the community's place in
the development of the women's rights movement;
(k) The cohesive geographical area of the city of  Syracuse,  Onondaga
county,  including  Hanover  and  Clinton  Squares  associated  with and
revealing of the growth of business and finance;
(l) The cohesive geographical  area  of  the  city  of  Buffalo,  Erie
county,  associated  with  and revealing of an historic role as a center
for entertainment and culture at the frontier; and
(m) The cohesive geographical area of the village of  Sackets  Harbor,
Jefferson  county, associated with and revealing of the community's role
as the headquarters for the defense of the American northern frontier.
(n) The cohesive geographical area  of  the  city  of  Albany,  Albany
county,  including  the  Hudson  River  waterfront,  associated with and
revealing an historic role as  a  geographical  crossroads  and  capital
city.
(o)  The  cohesive  geographical  area  including  all or parts of the
counties  of  Oneida,   Herkimer,   Montgomery,   Fulton,   Schenectady,
Schoharie, Saratoga and Albany associated with and revealing the natural
features  and historic development including Native American settlement,
the  colonial  period and industrialization of the region commonly known
as the Mohawk Valley region, provided that the area  shall  not  include
land  within  the  Adirondack  park  as defined in section 9-0101 of the
environmental conservation law.
(p) The heritage area  within  the  counties  of  Nassau  and  Suffolk
encompassed  by (i) beginning at the point where state route twenty-five
intersects the border between Queens  and  Nassau  counties,  then  east
along  said route to the intersection of route four hundred ninety-five,
then  east  along  route  four  hundred  ninety-five  until  said  route
intersects  route  twenty-five, then east along route twenty-five to the
western border of the town of Southhold, then south from said border  to
the  waters  of the Peconic Bay, continuing north along the shoreline to
the eastern terminus of Orient Point, then north to the  border  of  the
states of New York and Connecticut, then west along said state border to
the  border  between  Nassau and Westchester counties, continuing to the
southwest to the border between Queens  and  Nassau  counties  and  then
southeast to the point of origin; including therein natural and cultural
features  associated  with  and  revealing  significant  early  American
history including the American Revolution, the development  and  special
character  of  the  historic  maritime  communities,  and  the  historic
mansions and other architecturally  significant  built  structures  that
distinguish  or  are  characteristic  of the north shore of Long Island,
(ii) the state route twenty-five-A corridor  geographically  from  Great
Neck  to  Port  Jefferson  associated  generally  with significant early
American history including, but not limited to, the visit to  this  area
by  General  George Washington as well as the overall scenic, aesthetic,
historic, cultural and physical character of this road and the  historic
communities  and  landscapes  that  it connects, and (iii) such historic
sites or natural features that  may  exist  outside  of  the  boundaries
described  in  subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, which are appropriate
for inclusion by thematic and cultural  linkage  which  are  unanimously
recommended  by  the  planning  commission for such inclusion subject to
final approval by the commissioner.
(q) The cohesive geographical area  including  all  or  parts  of  the
counties of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wayne associated with and
revealing the natural features and historic development including Native
American  settlement,  the  longest  remaining  sections of the original
alignment  of  the  Erie   Canal,   Erie   Canal   lift   bridges,   and
industrialization of the region commonly known as the Western Erie Canal
region.
(r)  The  Heights  heritage  area encompassing the cohesive geographic
area of West Harlem within the city of New York, including  a  southerly
boundary  of  one  hundred twenty-second street, a northerly boundary of
two hundred eighteenth street, an easterly boundary of  Highbridge  Park
and  tenth  avenue, and a westerly boundary of the appropriate riverside
portions along the Hudson River, associated and revealing  the  historic
development  of  maritime history, military war history and the northern
Manhattan migration.
(s) The cohesive geographical area  including  all  or  parts  of  the
county  of  Chautauqua  associated  with  and  revealing  grape growing,
processing and the unique local grape culture, including stewardship and
development of the wine and juice industries,  of  the  region  commonly
known as the Lake Erie concord grape belt region.
(t)   The   Michigan   Street   African   American  heritage  corridor
encompassing the geographical corridor of  the  east  side  of  downtown
Buffalo,  Erie  county, located between Broadway, Eagle, Elm and Nash to
William street, William street (east) to Pine street,  and  Pine  street
(south)  to Eagle, which includes the J. Edward Nash House, the Michigan
Street Baptist Church, and the Colored Musicians Club,  associated  with
and  revealing  of  an  historic  role as the center of African American
history, culture, and reform activities, and such other  historic  sites
that  may  exist  outside  the  boundaries  described  herein  which are
appropriate for inclusion by thematic and  cultural  linkage  which  are
recommended   by  the  commission  subject  to  final  approval  by  the
commissioner.
(u) The cohesive geographic area of the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, associated with and revealing of the community's  place  in  the
development  of  the underground railroad and abolitionist movements and
other reform activities.
(v) The cohesive geographic area of the  Peconic  Bay  region  in  the
county  of  Suffolk,  as  defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
section sixty-four-e of the town law, associated with and revealing  the
region's   place   in   colonial   history;   the  American  Revolution;
African-American history and  culture,  including  but  not  limited  to
slavery,  the  underground  railroad,  abolition,  and post-World War II
traditional communities; military history; Native American  culture  and
history,  including  but  not  limited  to the Shinnecock and Montaukett
Indians; maritime, agricultural, commercial and  industrial  activities;
culture  and  the  arts;  and  scenic,  aesthetic,  natural and physical
features.
2. The boundaries for each state designated heritage area shall be the
boundaries depicted on the map accompanying each  such  management  plan
upon  its  approval  by  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner, with the
approval of the local legislative body of a city, town or village  where
the  property  to  be  added  or removed is located, may amend or revise
state designated heritage area boundaries after their  initial  approval
after  publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in
the state register. Boundary maps for  each  state  designated  heritage
area  shall  be  kept  on  file  at  the office of parks, recreation and
historic preservation and at the office of the county  clerk  where  the
state designated heritage area is located.
3.  Any  area  designated to be a state designated heritage area under
subdivision one of this section, that has  not  had  a  management  plan
approved  by  the commissioner within four years of designation pursuant
to this section shall be considered as no longer so designated. In  each
case  where  such  a  four  year  period expires, the commissioner shall
notify the governor and the legislature in writing of the reasons why  a
management plan was not approved.
4.  The commissioner, in cooperation with the advisory council, may on
an ongoing basis, evaluate areas of  the  state  as  potential  heritage
areas  with  regard  to their statewide significance and the policies of
this title. The commissioner may  establish  guidelines  for  evaluating
eligibility including the statewide significance of the resource and the
local  capability  to  participate  in  a  state-local  partnership  for
management of a state designated heritage area. Recommendations of areas
identified as eligible for state designation shall be submitted  by  the
commissioner  to  the  legislature with the commissioner's evaluation of
such areas.