New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle A - Governor's Office
Chapter I - Executive Orders
Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller)
Section 1.28 - Executive order no. 28: designating the social development planning commission as the state's official long-range social development planning agency
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, do hereby establish in the Executive Department an interdepartmental social development planning commission, to be known as the Social Development Planning Commission, to consist of the Commissioner of Social Services as chairman, the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity as vice-chairman, and the Commissioners of Education, Health, Human Rights, Labor, Mental Hygiene, Local Government, Housing and Community Renewal, the Chancellor of the State University, the Director of the Division for Youth, and the Director of the Office for the Aging. The Directors of the Office of Planning Coordination and the Division of the Budget shall serve as non-voting members.
I. General Powers.
The Commission shall coordinate and review social development planning efforts among governmental and non-governmental agencies, organizations and groups concerned with services, facilities and manpower and shall formulate and update on a continuous basis a comprehensive State social development plan. "Social development planning" shall include planning for assistance to the disadvantaged, increased job opportunity, human right, employee protection, and coordination of administration. The Commission's social development plan shall be reviewed annually by the Office of Planning Coordination and shall be coordinated with the State comprehensive development plan and the comprehensive planning process being developed by the Office of Planning Coordination.
The Commission shall review all the plans of State agencies relating to the provision of social services to assure that such plans are in accordance with the comprehensive State social development plan.
In exercising its powers, functions and duties, the Commission shall be responsible to the Governor and shall consult and work closely with the Social Development Planning Advisory Council.
II. Social Development Advisory Council.
A Social Development Planning Advisory Council is hereby established to consist of representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations and groups to advise the Social Development Planning Commission in the exercise of its powers, functions and duties under this Order. The members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Governor.
III. Personnel.
The Commission shall appoint an executive director and shall assign to such director such powers, functions and duties as it shall deem appropriate to fulfill the purposes of this order. The Commission may also employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary or desirable to fulfill the purposes of this order.
Signed: Nelson A. RockefellerDated: September 16, 1968
[FN*] [Amended by Executive Order No. 48 (Nelson A. Rockefeller), § 1.48, infra).]
