N.Y. EDN Law § 1008

§ 1008. Use of appropriations. Any appropriation made to carry out the\nprovisions of this article, in addition to any moneys allotted to the\nstate for a similar purpose by the government of the United States may\nbe used for the payment of salaries, travel, maintenance and operation,\nand other administrative expenses including the purchase of necessary\noffice furniture, supplies, et cetera, the necessary costs for persons\nbeing evaluated for or undergoing vocational rehabilitation including\ntuition, fees, books and other training supplies, maintenance and\ntraveling expenses, occupational examinations and license fees, medical,\npsychiatric and psychological examinations and other diagnostic and\nrelated services, tools and equipment, initial stocks and supplies,\nsurgical fees, hospitalization, therapeutic treatment and prosthetic\nappliances, the establishment and construction of public and other\nnonprofit rehabilitation facilities to provide services for handicapped\nindividuals and the establishment and construction of public and other\nnonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped, including the\nfurnishing of equipment or the providing of grants of funds to such\npublic and other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities and workshops to be\nutilized for the acquisition of equipment, supplies, personnel and other\nnecessary and proper items to be utilized in such facilities.\n