N.Y. JUD Law § 849-J

§ 849-j. Payment procedures; audits. 1. Upon approval of an\napplication, the chief administrator, within available appropriations,\nmay authorize disbursement of funds in any amount up to the amount\nsought by the application. Such disbursement may be by advance payment\nto the applicant (or joint applicants, as appropriate) before it incurs\nthe cost for which its application sought funding, by reimbursement to\nthe applicant after it incurs and pays such costs in the first instance,\nor by some combination thereof, as the chief administrator determines is\nappropriate under the circumstances.\n 2. The state comptroller, the chief administrator and their authorized\nrepresentatives shall have the power to inspect, examine and audit the\nfiscal affairs of the applicant (or applicants) to an approved\napplication granted pursuant to this article to the extent necessary to\ndetermine whether funding received under the program has been used in\naccordance with the purpose or purposes for which it was sought in the\napplication, and whether there has been compliance with all rules and\nregulations governing the program and the provisions of this article.\n