N.Y. State Fin. Law § 97-e

§ 97-e. Forest preserve expansion fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the forest preserve\nexpansion fund, which shall consist of and into which shall be paid all\nmoneys derived from the sale of certain forest preserve lands specified\nin section twenty-four of the public lands law and such other moneys as\nmay be paid into said fund pursuant to law. The moneys in such fund\nshall be expended only for the acquisition of additional lands for the\nforest preserve within either the Adirondack or Catskill park as now\nfixed by law. Upon appropriation by the legislature, the conservation\ndepartment may use such moneys or any portion thereof for the\nacquisition of such additional lands subject to the approval of title\nthereto by the attorney general. All payments from such fund shall be\nmade by the department of taxation and finance after audit by and upon\nwarrant of the comptroller, on vouchers approved by the conservation\ncommissioner.\n 2. The conservation commissioner is authorized to accept, in the name\nof the people of the state of New York, any gift or bequest of moneys to\nbe paid into such forest preserve expansion fund and to be expended and\ndisbursed as provided in subdivision one of this section.\n