N.Y. State Fin. Law § 80-a

* § 80-a. Anti-discrimination in housing fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the custody of the state comptroller a special fund to be\nknown as the "anti-discrimination in housing fund".\n 2. The anti-discrimination in housing fund shall consist of moneys\nappropriated thereto, moneys transferred from any other fund or sources,\nand fifty percent of all fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty-one-c of\nthe real property law. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent\nthe state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of\nthe fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund\naccording to law.\n 3. The moneys in the anti-discrimination in housing fund shall be kept\nseparate from and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the\ncustody of the state comptroller. Such moneys shall be made available to\nthe office of the attorney general, for fair housing testing and\nallocation of grants to duly applying county, city, town or village\nhuman rights commissions, or other duly applying county, city, town,\nvillage or not-for-profit agencies specializing in the prevention of\nunlawful discrimination in housing.\n 4. The attorney general shall establish the application criteria for\nsuch not-for-profit agencies for the purposes of the fund as defined in\nthis section.\n 5. The monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant\nof the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the attorney\ngeneral.\n * NB Effective February 19, 2022\n