N.Y. General City Law § 97

§ 97. Appropriations under article, how made. The proper local\nauthorities of each city in which a police matron has been appointed\nshall appropriate annually such sum as may be needed for the separate\ncare and confinement in station houses of any women arrested in such\ncity, and for the appointment, salary and maintenance of police matrons\nfor the purposes of this article.\n