N.Y. Education Law § 4710: Maintenance by county

§ 4710. Maintenance by county. The board of supervisors or other

governing elective body shall provide for the maintenance of such

school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used or

occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machinery,

tools, apparatus and supplies. The cost thereof, and the expenses

incurred for such purposes, shall be charges against the county and

shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other charges against

the county. The maintenance herein provided for shall include the

support, instruction, care, board and clothing of pupils and such other

expenses as are necessarily incurred in the operation of the school.