N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 41.36

§ 41.36 Community residential facilities.\n The commissioner of developmental disabilities shall establish a\nprocedure, subject to the approval of the state comptroller, whereby\npayments in addition to the personal allowance of an individual living\nin a community residential facility may be made to providers of services\nfor one or more of the following needs of individuals residing in such\nfacilities, limited to two hundred fifty dollars per individual per year\nand paid semi-annually in the manner specified by such procedures:\n (a) Replacement of necessary clothing;\n (b) Personal requirements and incidental needs of individuals residing\nin the facility;\n (c) Recreational and cultural activities of individuals residing in\nthe facility. Such payments may be made from monies appropriated to the\noffice for this purpose. Such payments shall be audited by the office\npursuant to an audit plan approved by the comptroller.\n