Section 8.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy

The
  legislature hereby finds and declares that  New  York  state  is  unique
  among  states  for  its  contribution  to the art of writing and for the
  special resources and opportunities it offers to writers. It  is  hereby
  further  found  that  the art of writing is of increasing importance and
  that the general welfare of the people of the state will be enhanced  by
  the establishment of a center devoted to writing and the allied arts.
    It  is  hereby  declared a policy of the state that there be created a
  New  York  state  writers'  institute  with  a  legislative  mandate  to
  encourage  the  development of writing skills at all levels of education
  throughout the state, to provide a milieu for established  and  aspiring
  writers  to  work together to encourage the development of, and increase
  the freedom of, the artistic imagination of this art in the state of New
  York.