New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller) › Section 1.28 - Executive order no. 28: designating the social development planning commission as the state's official long-range social development planning agency

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New
					 York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of
					 the State of New York, do hereby establish in the Executive Department an
					 interdepartmental social development planning commission, to be known as the
					 Social Development Planning Commission, to consist of the Commissioner of
					 Social Services as chairman, the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity
					 as vice-chairman, and the Commissioners of Education, Health, Human Rights,
					 Labor, Mental Hygiene, Local Government, Housing and Community Renewal, the
					 Chancellor of the State University, the Director of the Division for Youth, and
					 the Director of the Office for the Aging. The Directors of the Office of
					 Planning Coordination and the Division of the Budget shall serve as non-voting
					 members.
I. General Powers.
The Commission shall coordinate and review social
					 development planning efforts among governmental and non-governmental agencies,
					 organizations and groups concerned with services, facilities and manpower and
					 shall formulate and update on a continuous basis a comprehensive State social
					 development plan. "Social development planning" shall include planning for
					 assistance to the disadvantaged, increased job opportunity, human right,
					 employee protection, and coordination of administration. The Commission's
					 social development plan shall be reviewed annually by the Office of Planning
					 Coordination and shall be coordinated with the State comprehensive development
					 plan and the comprehensive planning process being developed by the Office of
					 Planning Coordination.
The Commission shall review all the plans of State agencies
					 relating to the provision of social services to assure that such plans are in
					 accordance with the comprehensive State social development plan.
In exercising its powers, functions and duties, the
					 Commission shall be responsible to the Governor and shall consult and work
					 closely with the Social Development Planning Advisory Council.
II. Social Development Advisory
				  Council.
A Social Development Planning Advisory Council is hereby
					 established to consist of representatives of governmental and non-governmental
					 organizations and groups to advise the Social Development Planning Commission
					 in the exercise of its powers, functions and duties under this Order. The
					 members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Governor.
III. Personnel.
The Commission shall appoint an executive director and
					 shall assign to such director such powers, functions and duties as it shall
					 deem appropriate to fulfill the purposes of this order. The Commission may also
					 employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary or desirable to fulfill
					 the purposes of this order.
Signed: Nelson A. RockefellerDated: September 16,
					 1968
[FN*] [Amended by Executive Order No. 48 (Nelson A.
					 Rockefeller), §
											1.48, infra).]