2018 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act
Title 15 - Climate Smart Community Projects
54-1511 - State Assistance Payments for Climate Smart Community Projects.

§ 54-1511. State   assistance   payments  for  climate  smart  community
           projects.
1. Unless otherwise specified by law, the commissioner  is  authorized
  to  provide  on  a competitive basis, within amounts appropriated, state
  assistance payments to a municipality toward the  cost  of  any  climate
  smart  community  project approved by the commissioner provided that the
  commissioner determines that future physical climate  risk  due  to  sea
  level rise, and/or storm surges and/or flooding, based on available data
  predicting  the  likelihood  of future extreme weather events, including
  hazard risk analysis data if applicable,  has  been  considered,  except
  that  such  determination  shall  not  apply  to  rebates  for  eligible
  purchases pursuant to section 54-1521 of this title.
2. The commissioner and a municipality may enter into a  contract  for
  the undertaking of a climate smart community project. Such project shall
  be  recommended  to  the  commissioner  by  the  governing  body  of the
  municipality, and when approved by the commissioner, undertaken  by  the
  municipality   pursuant   to  this  article  and  any  other  applicable
  provisions of law.
3. State assistance payments shall not exceed  fifty  percent  of  the
  project  cost  or two million dollars, whichever is less. Such costs are
  subject to final computation and determination by the commissioner  upon
  completion  of  the  project,  and shall not exceed the maximum eligible
  cost set forth in the contract.
4. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall
  include criteria for determining eligible  expenditures  and  procedures
  for  governing  the commitment and disbursement of funds appropriated in
  accordance with this title. The commissioner shall also promulgate rules
  and regulations  which  shall  include  application  procedures,  review
  processes, and project approval guidelines and criteria.