* §  170-b. Employee loans. 1. No state agency shall make available to
  employees a loan of any amount of money. Provided, however, that nothing
  in this section shall be construed to impede any person  from  receiving
  any aid for which he or she is eligible pursuant to any state or federal
  statute or regulation.
2.  For  purposes  of this section, the term "state agency" shall mean
  any state department, state university of New York, city  university  of
  New  York,  authority,  board,  bureau, division, commission, committee,
  council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental
  or proprietary function for the state.
* NB There are 2 § 170-b's
Structure New York Laws
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
162 - Contracts for Professional Services of State and Municipal Employees.
163 - Contracts for Services of State Agencies.
163-A - Contracts With Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated.
164 - Reports by and to the Department.
164-A - Report and Publication Economy Regulations.
164-B - State Aid to Rural Areas: Agency Reports.
164-C - Printing Cost Reduction Notices.
164-D - Availability of Application Forms.
165 - Commission on Uniform State Laws; Object; Membership; Term of Office; Expenses.
167 - Advertising and Publicizing Summer Camps Cited as Subversive.
168 - Notices to Attorneys at Law by State Bodies or Officers.
168-A - Designation of Days of Commemoration.
169 - Salaries of Certain State Officers.
170 - Audit of Agencies by the State Comptroller; Reports of Corrective Action.
170-A - Celebration of Rosa Parks; Bus Companies.
170-B*2 - Racial References Contained in State and Municipal Forms.
170-C - Regulatory Penalties for Small Businesses.
170-D - Disclosure of Disabled Tenants' Rights.
170-E - Disclosure of Lawful Source of Income Rights to Prospective Tenants.
170-E*2 - Collection of Demographic Information.
170-F - Website Accessibility; Contractors and Vendors.
171 - Discovery and Disposition of Human Remains and Funerary Objects.