N.Y. CNT Law § 375

§ 375. Allotments of appropriations. 1. Where the board of supervisors\nof a county, by action taken pursuant to section three hundred\nseventy-six, provides that this section shall apply to such county, the\nhead of each administrative unit shall submit to the budget officer, at\nthe time specified by him, a work program for the ensuing fiscal year,\nwhich program shall include all appropriations for operation and\nmaintenance and purchase of equipment and shall show the requested\nallotments of such appropriations for such administrative unit by\nquarterly periods for the entire fiscal year. The budget officer shall\nreview the requested allotments in the light of the work program of the\nadministrative unit and may revise, alter, or change the requested\nallotments before approving the same. The aggregate of the allotments\nfor any administrative unit shall not exceed the amount appropriated for\nsuch administrative unit for the fiscal year. A copy of the allotments\nas finally approved by the budget officer shall be filed with the chief\nfiscal officer and expenditures shall be made only in accordance with\nsuch approved allotments as revised. Approved allotments may be revised\nduring the fiscal year by the budget officer in the same manner as the\noriginal allotment was made.\n 2. If, at any time during the fiscal year the budget officer shall\nascertain that the available revenues, including the proceeds of the tax\non real estate, for such year will be less than the total\nappropriations, he shall reconsider the work programs and allotments of\nthe several administrative units and make a revision thereof, so as to\nprevent the making of expenditures in excess of the amounts available\ntherefor.\n