New York Consolidated Laws, Public Authorities Law - PBA § 2824-a. Mission statement and measurement report

Each state authority shall submit to the authorities budget office on or before March thirty-first, two thousand ten, and each local authority shall submit to the authorities budget office on or before March thirty-first, two thousand eleven, a proposed authority mission statement and proposed measurements which the authorities budget office shall post on its website.  The proposed authority mission statement and proposed measurements shall have the following components:  a brief mission statement expressing the purpose and goals of the authority, a description of the stakeholders of the authority and their reasonable expectations from the authority, and a list of measurements by which performance of the authority and the achievement of its goals may be evaluated.  Each authority shall reexamine its mission statement and measurements on an annual basis, and publish a self-evaluation based on the stated measurements;  provided, however, such reexamination may be waived pursuant to a determination by the director of the authorities budget office that such undertaking is unnecessary for an individual authority.