N.Y. Education Law § 229: County educational institutions

§ 229. County educational institutions. The board of supervisors of a

county, having a population of over five hundred thousand and adjacent

to a city having a population of over two million, may determine, by

resolution, to make application to the regents for the incorporation,

pursuant to the provisions of part one of this article of one or more of

the institutions enumerated in section two hundred sixteen of this

chapter. The regents may, by an instrument under their seal and

recorded in their office, incorporate any such institution or

institutions under such name with such number of trustees or other

managers, and with such powers, privileges and duties, and subject to

such limitations and restrictions in all respects as the regents may

prescribe in conformity to law. The cost and expenses necessary to

establish, maintain and support such institution or institutions

pursuant to the provisions of part one of this article, including the

acquisition of real property, and the construction and equipment of

buildings and grounds, shall be a county charge and the board of

supervisors shall provide for the payment of such cost and expenses by

the levy, assessment and collection of taxes in the same manner that

taxes are levied, assessed and collected for other county purposes. The

provisions of part one of this article shall apply to such institution

or institutions, except the provision of section two hundred eighteen of

this chapter, requiring resources of at least five hundred thousand

dollars.