Section 19-0103. Declaration of policy

It is declared to be the policy of the state of New York to maintain a
  reasonable  degree  of  purity  of the air resources of the state, which
  shall be consistent with the public health and welfare  and  the  public
  enjoyment   thereof,  the  industrial  development  of  the  state,  the
  propagation and protection of flora and fauna,  and  the  protection  of
  physical  property  and  other resources, and to that end to require the
  use of all available practical and reasonable  methods  to  prevent  and
  control  air  pollution in the state of New York. It is further declared
  that this can be done most  effectively  by  focusing  on  goals  to  be
  achieved  by  a  maximum  of cooperation among all parties concerned and
  that codes, rules and regulations established under  the  provisions  of
  this  article  should  be  clearly premised upon scientific knowledge of
  causes as well as of effects.