§ 35.03 State designated heritage areas; boundaries. 1. The\nlegislature hereby designates the following historic settings of the\nstate that have been identified for their statewide significance in the\nplan for a statewide system of urban cultural parks prepared pursuant to\nchapter seven hundred twenty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven or that have been subsequently identified and which, upon\ncompletion of required management plans and their approval by the\ncommissioner, shall be state designated heritage areas:\n (a) The cohesive geographical area within the city of New York,\nincluding lower Manhattan or portions thereof and appropriate coastal\nportions of Brooklyn and Staten Island, associated with and revealing of\nthe development of maritime trade and immigration;\n (b) The cohesive geographical area within the village of Ossining,\nWestchester county, associated with and revealing of the nineteenth\ncentury public health and prison reform activities;\n (c) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Kingston, Ulster\ncounty, associated with and revealing of the growth and prosperity of a\nriver port shaped by regional modes of transportation;\n (d) The Hudson-Mohawk urban cultural park established by the cities of\nTroy, Cohoes, Watervliet, the villages of Green Island and Waterford and\nthe towns of Waterford and Colonie and recognized by section 13.27 of\nthis chapter;\n (e) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Saratoga Springs,\nSaratoga county, associated with and revealing of its development as a\nnineteenth century health and cultural resort;\n (f) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Schenectady\nassociated with both the city's settlement in the seventeenth and\neighteenth centuries and its growth as a center for electrical and\nbroadcasting development;\n (g) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Whitehall,\nWashington county, associated with and revealing of its crucial role\nduring the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War\nof 1812 and with the development of the American Navy;\n (h) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounties of Broome and Tioga associated with and revealing the natural\nfeatures and historic development including the topographical and\nagricultural landscape, Native American settlement, the revolutionary\nfrontier, early industries, labor practices, manufacturing and\ninnovation, immigration and migration;\n (i) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Rochester, Monroe\ncounty, including the Genesee River Gorge associated with and revealing\nof the periods of the cities' growth related to use of the river;\n (j) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Seneca Falls,\nSeneca county, associated with and revealing of the community's place in\nthe development of the women's rights movement;\n (k) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Syracuse, Onondaga\ncounty, including Hanover and Clinton Squares associated with and\nrevealing of the growth of business and finance;\n (l) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Buffalo, Erie\ncounty, associated with and revealing of an historic role as a center\nfor entertainment and culture at the frontier; and\n (m) The cohesive geographical area of the village of Sackets Harbor,\nJefferson county, associated with and revealing of the community's role\nas the headquarters for the defense of the American northern frontier.\n (n) The cohesive geographical area of the city of Albany, Albany\ncounty, including the Hudson River waterfront, associated with and\nrevealing an historic role as a geographical crossroads and capital\ncity.\n (o) The cohesive geographical area including all or parts of the\ncounties of Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady,\nSchoharie, Saratoga and Albany associated with and revealing the natural\nfeatures and historic development including Native American settlement,\nthe colonial
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