New York Laws
Article 13 - Mass Transportation
303 - State Appropriation.

ยง 303. State appropriation. No moneys shall be expended for the state
share of any municipal project unless and until the project has been
approved by the commissioner and unless and until such project shall
have been recommended by the governor in a budget bill which specifies
the project to be acquired, constructed, reconstructed or improved, the
estimated project cost, the estimated federal assistance to be received
and the estimated state and local shares of the project cost to be
required during the state fiscal year for which the appropriation is
recommended and shall have been approved by the legislature for such
state fiscal year.