New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent

1. It is the intent of the legislature to hereby implement the amendment to section one of article fourteen, of the New York state constitution pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex located on forest preserve lands in the town of North Elba in Essex County.

2. The legislature further intends that implementation of the constitutional amendment should be accomplished in a manner that ensures the integrity of the forest preserve land on which the sports complex is situated and results in a significant increase of forest preserve acreage in the Adirondack park.

3. The legislature intends that, as offset for the use of forest preserve lands for the sports complex, the state shall acquire as an addition to the forest preserve at least two thousand five hundred acres of true forest land located in the Adirondack park.  To ensure that such lands will be acquired and have characteristics suitable for inclusion in to the forest preserve, the legislature intends to review and approve the acquisition of such lands.

4. For these reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds that it is in the public interest to hereby implement the constitutional amendment pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.