N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law § 35.03

§ 35.03 State designated heritage areas; boundaries. 1. The\nlegislature hereby designates the following historic settings of the\nstate that have been identified for their statewide significance in the\nplan for a statewide system of urban cultural parks prepared pursuant to\nchapter seven hundred twenty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven or that have been subsequently identified and which, upon\ncompletion of required management plans and their approval by the\ncommissioner, shall be state designated heritage areas:\n (a) The cohesive geographical area within the city of New York,\nincluding lower Manhattan or portions thereof and appropriate coastal\nportions of Brooklyn and Staten Island, associated with and revealing of\nthe development of maritime trade and immigration;\n (b) The cohesive geographical area within the village of Ossining,\nWestchester county, associated with and revealing of the nineteenth\ncentury public health and prison reform activities;\n (c) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Kingston, Ulster\ncounty, associated with and revealing of the growth and prosperity of a\nriver port shaped by regional modes of transportation;\n (d) The Hudson-Mohawk urban cultural park established by the cities of\nTroy, Cohoes, Watervliet, the villages of Green Island and Waterford and\nthe towns of Waterford and Colonie and recognized by section 13.27 of\nthis chapter;\n (e) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Saratoga Springs,\nSaratoga county, associated with and revealing of its development as a\nnineteenth century health and cultural resort;\n (f) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Schenectady\nassociated with both the city's settlement in the seventeenth and\neighteenth centuries and its growth as a center for electrical and\nbroadcasting development;\n (g) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Whitehall,\nWashington county, associated with and revealing of its crucial role\nduring the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War\nof 1812 and with the development of the American Navy;\n (h) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounties of Broome and Tioga associated with and revealing the natural\nfeatures and historic development including the topographical and\nagricultural landscape, Native American settlement, the revolutionary\nfrontier, early industries, labor practices, manufacturing and\ninnovation, immigration and migration;\n (i) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Rochester, Monroe\ncounty, including the Genesee River Gorge associated with and revealing\nof the periods of the cities' growth related to use of the river;\n (j) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Seneca Falls,\nSeneca county, associated with and revealing of the community's place in\nthe development of the women's rights movement;\n (k) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Syracuse, Onondaga\ncounty, including Hanover and Clinton Squares associated with and\nrevealing of the growth of business and finance;\n (l) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Buffalo, Erie\ncounty, associated with and revealing of an historic role as a center\nfor entertainment and culture at the frontier; and\n (m) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Sackets Harbor,\nJefferson county, associated with and revealing of the community's role\nas the headquarters for the defense of the American northern frontier.\n (n) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Albany, Albany\ncounty, including the Hudson River waterfront, associated with and\nrevealing an historic role as a geographical crossroads and capital\ncity.\n (o) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounties of Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady,\nSchoharie, Saratoga and Albany associated with and revealing the natural\nfeatures and historic development including Native American settlement,\nthe colonial period and industrialization of the region commonly known\nas the Mohawk Valley region, provided that the area shall not include\nland within the Adirondack park as defined in section 9-0101 of the\nenvironmental conservation law.\n (p) The heritage area within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk\nencompassed by (i) beginning at the point where state route twenty-five\nintersects the border between Queens and Nassau counties, then east\nalong said route to the intersection of route four hundred ninety-five,\nthen east along route four hundred ninety-five until said route\nintersects route twenty-five, then east along route twenty-five to the\nwestern border of the town of Southhold, then south from said border to\nthe waters of the Peconic Bay, continuing north along the shoreline to\nthe eastern terminus of Orient Point, then north to the border of the\nstates of New York and Connecticut, then west along said state border to\nthe border between Nassau and Westchester counties, continuing to the\nsouthwest to the border between Queens and Nassau counties and then\nsoutheast to the point of origin; including therein natural and cultural\nfeatures associated with and revealing significant early American\nhistory including the American Revolution, the development and special\ncharacter of the historic maritime communities, and the historic\nmansions and other architecturally significant built structures that\ndistinguish or are characteristic of the north shore of Long Island,\n(ii) the state route twenty-five-A corridor geographically from Great\nNeck to Port Jefferson associated generally with significant early\nAmerican history including, but not limited to, the visit to this area\nby General George Washington as well as the overall scenic, aesthetic,\nhistoric, cultural and physical character of this road and the historic\ncommunities and landscapes that it connects, and (iii) such historic\nsites or natural features that may exist outside of the boundaries\ndescribed in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, which are appropriate\nfor inclusion by thematic and cultural linkage which are unanimously\nrecommended by the planning commission for such inclusion subject to\nfinal approval by the commissioner.\n (q) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounties of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wayne associated with and\nrevealing the natural features and historic development including Native\nAmerican settlement, the longest remaining sections of the original\nalignment of the Erie Canal, Erie Canal lift bridges, and\nindustrialization of the region commonly known as the Western Erie Canal\nregion.\n (r) The Heights heritage area encompassing the cohesive geographic\narea of West Harlem within the city of New York, including a southerly\nboundary of one hundred twenty-second street, a northerly boundary of\ntwo hundred eighteenth street, an easterly boundary of Highbridge Park\nand tenth avenue, and a westerly boundary of the appropriate riverside\nportions along the Hudson River, associated and revealing the historic\ndevelopment of maritime history, military war history and the northern\nManhattan migration.\n (s) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounty of Chautauqua associated with and revealing grape growing,\nprocessing and the unique local grape culture, including stewardship and\ndevelopment of the wine and juice industries, of the region commonly\nknown as the Lake Erie concord grape belt region.\n (t) The Michigan Street African American heritage corridor\nencompassing the geographical corridor of the east side of downtown\nBuffalo, Erie county, located between Broadway, Eagle, Elm and Nash to\nWilliam street, William street (east) to Pine street, and Pine street\n(south) to Eagle, which includes the J. Edward Nash House, the Michigan\nStreet Baptist Church, and the Colored Musicians Club, associated with\nand revealing of an historic role as the center of African American\nhistory, culture, and reform activities, and such other historic sites\nthat may exist outside the boundaries described herein which are\nappropriate for inclusion by thematic and cultural linkage which are\nrecommended by the commission subject to final approval by the\ncommissioner.\n (u) The cohesive geographic area of the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara\nCounty, associated with and revealing of the community's place in the\ndevelopment of the underground railroad and abolitionist movements and\nother reform activities.\n (v) The cohesive geographic area of the Peconic Bay region in the\ncounty of Suffolk, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of\nsection sixty-four-e of the town law, associated with and revealing the\nregion's place in colonial history; the American Revolution;\nAfrican-American history and culture, including but not limited to\nslavery, the underground railroad, abolition, and post-World War II\ntraditional communities; military history; Native American culture and\nhistory, including but not limited to the Shinnecock and Montaukett\nIndians; maritime, agricultural, commercial and industrial activities;\nculture and the arts; and scenic, aesthetic, natural and physical\nfeatures.\n (w) The Scajaquada heritage area, encompassing the cohesive geographic\narea of the city of Buffalo surrounding and associated with the\nScajaquada creek.\n 2. The boundaries for each state designated heritage area shall be the\nboundaries depicted on the map accompanying each such management plan\nupon its approval by the commissioner. The commissioner, with the\napproval of the local legislative body of a city, town or village where\nthe property to be added or removed is located, may amend or revise\nstate designated heritage area boundaries after their initial approval\nafter publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in\nthe state register. Boundary maps for each state designated heritage\narea shall be kept on file at the office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation and at the office of the county clerk where the\nstate designated heritage area is located.\n 3. Any area designated to be a state designated heritage area under\nsubdivision one of this section, that has not had a management plan\napproved by the commissioner within four years of designation pursuant\nto this section shall be considered as no longer so designated. In each\ncase where such a four year period expires, the commissioner shall\nnotify the governor and the legislature in writing of the reasons why a\nmanagement plan was not approved.\n 4. The commissioner, in cooperation with the advisory council, may on\nan ongoing basis, evaluate areas of the state as potential heritage\nareas with regard to their statewide significance and the policies of\nthis title. The commissioner may establish guidelines for evaluating\neligibility including the statewide significance of the resource and the\nlocal capability to participate in a state-local partnership for\nmanagement of a state designated heritage area. Recommendations of areas\nidentified as eligible for state designation shall be submitted by the\ncommissioner to the legislature with the commissioner's evaluation of\nsuch areas.\n