Section 1120. Declaration of intent

Persons with disabilities comprise a
  large percentage of New York's total population. The legislature  hereby
  finds  and declares that action is necessary to assist these individuals
  to integrate and live more independently in the community.  Since  their
  inception,  service  centers  for  independent  living have enhanced the
  ability of persons with disabilities to pursue an independent and active
  lifestyle within their community.   In order  to  achieve  this,  it  is
  necessary  for the state to provide funding to maintain existing service
  centers designed to promote independent  living  and  to  encourage  the
  establishment  of  new  centers.  In  addition, the office of vocational
  rehabilitation should have the  responsibility  and  authority  for  the
  encouragement  of  the  planning,  development,  funding, evaluation and
  monitoring of such service centers.