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    Section  5-603.  Dedication.  a.  Except as otherwise provided in this
  chapter, the revenues identified  pursuant  to  section  5-602  of  this
  chapter shall be used for criminal justice purposes, including hiring of
  police  officers, correction officers, probation officers, attorneys and
  ancillary personnel; funding public safety,  education,  youth  services
  and community anti-crime programs; increasing capacity in the correction
  area;  and  engaging  in  such  other efforts as are designed to protect
  public safety and deter crime in the city.
    b. There shall be a separate accounting by the city within the general
  fund of the proceeds of the anti-crime lottery established and  operated
  within  the  city  by  the  New York state division of the lottery. Such
  proceeds shall be used exclusively for educational programs,  including,
  but  not  limited  to, increased security in elementary schools, special
  education sites and after school activities; increasing  the  number  of
  community  schools;  providing  academic and non-academic evening school
  activities for high  school  students;  providing  support  services  to
  students  at  risk of dropping out of school; strengthening basic skills
  of  children  in  kindergarten  through  fourth  grade;  and   providing
  additional  after  school  educational  opportunities  in  the municipal
  library system.