N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2798

§ 2798. Powers and duties. The tick-borne disease institute\nestablished by section twenty-seven hundred ninety-seven of this article\nshall have the following powers and duties:\n 1. to develop and promote investigations into the cause, prevention,\ndetection, spread, methods of treatment, and cure of tick-borne\ndiseases; and\n 2. to develop and promote an outreach campaign directed toward\ntargeted high-risk populations to provide coordinated information\nregarding the cause, prevention, detection, and treatment of tick-borne\ndisease.\n