N.Y. STF Law § 179-EE

§ 179-ee. Other provisions for contracts and appropriations. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, for\nthe purposes of calculating timeframes as provided in section one\nhundred seventy-nine-s of this article, the enactment date of an\nappropriation which finances a contract with a not-for-profit\norganization which has been identified for a state agency without the\nuse of a request for proposals shall be deemed to be the date on which\nsuch not-for-profit organization is identified.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no state\nagency shall be liable for interest payments on contracts executed\npursuant to appropriations made in whole or in part for liabilities\nincurred in a prior fiscal year.\n 3. A modification to a contract that would result in a transfer of\nfunds among program activities or budget cost categories but does not\naffect the amount, consideration, scope or other terms of such contract\nshall not, by itself, require such contract and modification to be\nsubmitted to the comptroller for review; provided, however, where the\namount of such modification is, as a portion of the total value of the\ncontract, equal to or greater than ten percent for contracts of less\nthan five million dollars, or five percent for contracts of more than\nfive million dollars, the comptroller may require that such modification\nbe submitted to him or her for review.\n