New York Laws
Article 16 - Flood Control
16-0105 - Appropriation for Flood Control Purposes.

The legislature may appropriate from any money in the state treasury
not otherwise appropriated for payment by the state for the costs of the
state's participation in federal flood control projects and for
engineering connected with these projects including personal services
and expenses. The money appropriated shall be available for the cost of
relocation and reconstruction of state highways, including structures;
for channel improvements; for check dams; for quarries, gravel pits,
spoil banks and burrow pits; for access roads; for camp sites; for
relocation of buildings, structures and facilities; for relocation of
the properties, structures, service lines and connections incident
thereto of public service utilities, both publicly and privately owned;
for relocation of railroad rights-of-way, facilities and structures; for
rights of way and for other related purposes contemplated by and
incidental to said flood control projects. The moneys appropriated shall
also be available for payment by the state for the relocation and
reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, public grounds, parks, cemeteries,
water supply systems, sewer systems and lighting systems of municipal
corporations, county roads and town highways, including structures and
including rights of way.