N.Y. Correct. Law § 601-b

§ 601-b. Coram nobis prisoners; reimbursement for costs. Whenever a\nprisoner is transferred from a state penal institution to a county jail\nor penitentiary, or a city prison operated by a city having a population\nof one million or more inhabitants, to await judicial review of his\ntrial, the state shall pay to the city or county operating such facility\nthe actual per day per capita cost, certified to the commissioner by the\nappropriate local official, for the care of such prisoner but, in any\ncase, the reimbursement rate shall not exceed twenty dollars per day per\ncapita.\n