N.Y. GMU Law § 87

§ 87. Support and maintenance of charitable and other institutions.\nBoards of estimate and apportionment, common councils, boards of\naldermen, boards of supervisors, town boards, boards of trustees of\nvillages and all other boards or officers of counties, cities, towns and\nvillages, authorized to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and\nto make payments therefrom, are hereby authorized, in their discretion,\nto appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to make payments from\nsaid moneys, and from any moneys received from any other source and\nproperly applicable thereto, to charitable, eleemosynary, correctional\nand reformatory institutions wholly or partly under private control, for\nthe care, support and maintenance of their incarcerated individuals and\nout-patients, of the moneys which are or may be appropriated therefor;\nsuch payments to be made only for such incarcerated individuals as are\nreceived and retained therein pursuant to regulations established by the\nstate department of social services or other state department having the\npower of inspection thereof. In the absence within the state of adequate\nfacilities conveniently accessible, payments for the support, care and\nmaintenance of incarcerated individuals and out-patients may be made to\ninstitutions, wholly or partly under private control, of a charitable or\neleemosynary character, located without the state, which institutions if\nlocated within the state would be subject to the visitation, inspection\nand supervision of the department of social services. However, such\npayments may be made only to institutions conducted in conformity with\nthe regulations of such department.\n