N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-2909

§ 15-2909. Water resources management strategy; hearings.\n Upon receipt of the statewide water resources management strategy from\nthe department of environmental conservation, the council shall promptly\npublish once a week for three consecutive weeks in newspapers of general\ncirculation notice of public hearings thereon. Public hearings shall be\nconducted in each of the substate areas represented in the statewide\nstrategy, and shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the\ndepartment, subject to modification by the council. Such regulations\nshall, at a minimum, require a hearing on the record with sworn\nwitnesses and shall afford interested parties a reasonable opportunity\nto sponsor witnesses and to question witnesses sponsored by others,\nincluding department staff, consistent with the need to conclude the\nhearings expeditiously so that a state water resources management\nstrategy can be adopted in a timely manner. The hearings shall not be\nconsidered part of an adjudicatory proceeding, as defined in subdivision\nthree of section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure\nact, or as part of a rule-making proceeding held under subdivision one\nof section two hundred two of such act.\n