N.Y. Exec. Law § 532-f

§ 532-f. Required certification for residential programs.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any\nresidential program established for the purpose of serving runaway and\nhomeless youth that serves any youth under the age of eighteen or that\nis contained in a municipality's approved comprehensive plan, must be\ncertified by the office of children and family services and must be\noperated by an authorized agency as such term is defined in subdivision\nten of section three hundred seventy-one of the social services law.\n