§ 100. General powers of department. The commissioner acting by and\nthrough the department of economic development shall have power and it\nshall be his duty:\n 1. to investigate, study and undertake ways and means of promoting and\nencouraging the prosperous development and protection of the legitimate\ninterest and welfare of New York business, industry and commerce, within\nand outside the state;\n 2. to serve as a clearing house for industrial problems of the state;\n 3. to promote and encourage the expansion and development of markets\nfor New York products;\n 4. to promote and encourage the location and development of new\nbusiness in the state as well as the maintenance and expansion of\nexisting business and for that purpose to cooperate with state and local\nagencies and individuals both within and outside the state;\n 5. to investigate and study conditions affecting New York business,\nindustry and commerce, and to collect and disseminate information, and\nengage in technical studies, scientific investigations and statistical\nresearch and educational activities necessary or useful for the proper\nexecution of the powers and duties of the department in promoting and\ndeveloping New York business, industry and commerce both within and\noutside the state;\n 6. to plan and develop an effective business information service both\nfor the direct assistance of industry of the state and for the\nencouragement of industries outside the state to use business facilities\nwithin the state;\n 7. to compile, collect and develop periodically, or otherwise make\navailable, scientific indices and other information relating to current\nbusiness conditions;\n 8. to encourage and develop commerce with other states and foreign\ncountries, and to devise ways and means of removing trade barriers\nhampering the free flow of commerce between this state and other states,\nincluding such barriers as preferences and similar price distorting\nmechanisms and other forms of discrimination used in the procurement of\ngoods and services by the public sector or influenced by the public\nsector;\n 9. to cooperate with interstate commissions engaged in formulating and\npromoting the adoption of interstate compacts and agreements helpful to\nbusiness, industry and commerce;\n 10. to conduct or encourage research designed to further new and more\nextensive uses of the natural and other resources of the state, and\ndesigned to develop new products and industrial processes;\n 11. to study trends and developments in the industries of the state\nand to analyze the reasons underlying such trends; to study costs and\nother factors affecting successful operation of businesses within the\nstate; and to make recommendations regarding circumstances promoting or\nhampering industrial development;\n 12. to compile periodically a census of business and industry in the\nstate with the cooperation of other agencies; and to analyze and publish\nthis information in such form as to be most valuable to the business and\nindustry of the state;\n 13. to make to the governor and to the legislature, from time to time,\nrecommendations for the study or improvement of any conditions, and for\nthe elimination of any restrictions and burdens imposed by law, or\notherwise existing, which adversely affect or retard the legitimate\ndevelopment and expansion of business, industry or commerce;\n 14. to publicize the material and economic advantages of the state\nwhich render it a desirable place for business and residence;\n 15. (a) to collect, compile and distribute information and literature\nas to the facilities, advantages and attractions of the state, the\nhistorical and scenic points and places of interest within the state and\nthe transportation and highway facilities of the state;\n (b) in the discharge of this power, the commissioner may enter into a\ncontract for publication of a state travel guide to promote tourism.\nSuch contract may provide for the sale o
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