2015 New York Laws
STF - State Finance
Article 7 - (State Finance) ACCOUNTS AND AUDITS
111 - Payment and refund of state moneys except upon audit by comptroller prohibited.

  111.  Payment  and  refund  of  state  moneys  except upon audit by
  comptroller  prohibited.  No  moneys  of  the  state,  including  moneys
  collected  in  its  behalf,  and no moneys in the possession, custody or
  control of any officer, agent, or agency of the  state  in  his  or  its
  representative  capacity,  and  no moneys in or belonging to any fund or
  depositary, title to which is vested in the state,  shall  hereafter  be
  paid,  expended  or  refunded  except upon audit by the comptroller. The
  comptroller is hereby charged with the duty of compelling observance  of
  and  compliance with the provisions of this section but any violation of
  this section may be restrained upon the suit of any  taxpayer  with  the
  consent  of  the  supreme  court  in appellate division on notice to the
  attorney-general.