New York Laws
Article 21 - Vocational Rehabilitation
1009 - Powers and Duties of Department of Social Services Relating to Vocational Rehabilitation of Blind Persons.

(b) Provided the federal government shall make funds available, the
department of social services and its commission for the visually
handicapped are empowered to accept gifts for the extension and
improvement of non-profit facilities and workshops for the training and
rehabilitation of blind persons, and to match the value of such gifts
made to such department or commission for such purposes by or on behalf
of such non-profit facilities or workshops. The department may utilize
such federal funds and gifts for such purposes and may make appropriate
agreements therefor with suitable non-profit agencies serving the blind.