§ 709. Division of homeland security and emergency services; creation;\npowers and duties. 1. There is hereby created within the executive\ndepartment the division of homeland security and emergency services,\nwhich shall have and exercise the powers and duties set forth in this\narticle. Any reference to the 'office of public security', the 'office\nof homeland security', the 'state emergency management office' or the\n'office of fire prevention and control' in the laws of New York state,\nexecutive orders, or contracts entered into on behalf of the state shall\nbe deemed to refer to the division of homeland security and emergency\nservices.\n 2. The division shall have the power and duty to:\n (a) oversee and coordinate the state's homeland security and\ncomprehensive emergency management resources, subject to any laws, rules\nor regulations governing the budgeting and appropriation of funds;\n (b) review homeland security and comprehensive emergency management\npolicies, protocols and strategies of state agencies. The agencies shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, the state agencies included on the\ndisaster preparedness commission as identified in section twenty-one of\nthis chapter;\n (c) develop policies, protocols and strategies, which may be used to\nprevent, detect, respond to and recover from terrorist acts or threats\nand other natural and man-made disasters, which for purposes of this\nsection shall have the same meaning as defined in article two-B of this\nchapter;\n (d) identify potential inadequacies in the state's policies, protocols\nand strategies to detect, respond to and recover from terrorist acts or\nthreats and other natural and man-made disasters;\n (e) undertake periodic drills and simulations designed to assess and\nprepare responses to terrorist acts or threats and other natural and\nman-made disasters;\n (f) coordinate state resources for the collection and analysis of\ninformation relating to natural and man-made disasters throughout the\nstate subject to any applicable laws, rules, or regulations;\n (g) coordinate and facilitate information sharing among local, state,\nand federal agencies to ensure appropriate intelligence to assist in the\nearly identification of and response to natural and man-made disasters,\nsubject to any applicable laws, rules, or regulations governing the\nrelease, disclosure or sharing of any such information;\n (h) assess the preparedness of state and local public health systems\nto respond to terrorist acts and other natural and man-made disasters,\nincluding ensuring the availability of early warning systems designed to\ndetect potential threats and determining adequacy and availability of\nnecessary vaccines and pharmaceuticals and hospital capacity;\n (i) coordinate strategies, protocols and first-responder equipment\nneeds that may be used to monitor, detect, respond to and mitigate the\nconsequences of a potential biological, chemical or radiological\nterrorist act or threat;\n (j) work with local, state and federal agencies and private entities\nto conduct assessments of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure\nto terrorist attack, cyber attack, and other natural and man-made\ndisasters, including, but not limited to, nuclear facilities, power\nplants, telecommunications systems, mass transportation systems, public\nroadways, railways, bridges and tunnels, and develop strategies that may\nbe used to protect such infrastructure from terrorist attack, cyber\nattack, and other natural and man-made disasters;\n (k) develop plans that may be used to promote rapid recovery from\nterrorist attacks and other natural and man-made disasters, to ensure\nprompt restoration of transportation, utilities, critical communications\nand information systems and to protect such infrastructure;\n (l) develop plans that may be used to contain and remove hazardous\nmaterials used in a terrorist attack or released as a result of natural\nor man-made disaster;\n (m) ac
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