N.Y. Educ. Law § 1006

§ 1006. Acceptance of law of the United States. The state of New\nYork, through its legislative authority:\n 1. Accepts the provisions of any law of the United States making\nappropriation to be apportioned among the states for vocational\nrehabilitation of disabled persons, and accepts the provisions of any\nlaw of the United States making appropriation for apportionment or\ngrants among the states for services for disabled persons.\n 2. Empowers and directs the board of regents of the university, hereby\ndesignated the New York state board for vocational education, to\ncooperate with such agency as the federal government shall designate to\ncarry out the purposes of such law.\n 3. Appoints the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state\ncomptroller as joint custodians of all money given to the state by the\nUnited States under the authority of such law, and such money shall be\npaid out in the manner provided by such act for the purposes therein\nspecified.\n