N.Y. PBA Law § 2751

§ 2751. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature\nhereby finds and declares as follows:\n 1. The economic well-being of the state and the general welfare of its\npeople require adequate, safe, secure and efficient aviation and\ntransportation facilities at a reasonable cost to the people.\n 2. The strengthening and improvement of aviation facilities and\nrelated services for the western part of the state is a matter of vital\nimportance not only to the residents of western New York but to all the\nstate's residents and is therefore a matter of state concern.\n 3. In order to insure a healthy economy for such area and to promote\nthe general welfare of its residents, it is necessary to expand and\nimprove the existing aviation facilities and services in Monroe county\nin such a manner as to stimulate and promote increased local, state,\nnational and international air travel and commerce through western New\nYork.\n 4. The health, welfare, safety and security of the state's residents\nand of those passengers using air transportation requires coordinated\noperation of aviation facilities and services in Monroe county by a\npublic benefit airport authority.\n 5. The purposes of such authority shall be (i) to stimulate and\npromote economic development, trade and tourism (ii) to acquire,\nconstruct, reconstruct, continue, develop, equip, expand, improve,\nmaintain, finance and operate aviation and other related facilities and\nservices within Monroe county (iii) to promote safe, secure, efficient\nand economical air transportation by preserving and enhancing airport\ncapacity (iv) to form an integral part of a safe and effective\nnationwide system of airports to meet the present and future needs of\ncivil aeronautics and national defense and to assure inclusion of the\nauthority's facilities in state, national and international programs for\nair transportation and for airport or airway capital improvement, all in\naccordance with the provisions of this title (v) to insure that aviation\nfacilities authorized pursuant to this title shall provide for the\nprotection and enhancement of the natural resources and the quality of\nthe environment of the state and the western New York area.\n 6. Such purposes are in all respects public purposes for the benefit\nof the people of the State of New York and for which public funds may be\nexpended and both the county and the authority in carrying out their\nrespective powers and duties under this title shall be deemed to be\nacting in a governmental capacity. The acquisition, construction,\nreconstruction, development, expansion, improvement, equipping,\noperation and maintenance of any project financed or undertaken by the\nauthority or the county shall be deemed to be the performance of an\nessential governmental function by the authority or the county acting in\nits governmental capacity, whether such project shall be owned or\noperated by the authority or by any person or public corporation.\n