N.Y. Executive Law § 202: General duties

§ 202. General duties. The office of general services shall provide

coordinated services in support of state departments and agencies, and,

as specified, authorities, municipalities and not-for-profit

organizations, hereafter for the purposes of this section referred to as

agencies. Such support services shall (i) serve to conserve state

resources, (ii) benefit multiple agencies, and (iii) be consistent with

the needs and interests of the agencies receiving those services.

Support services may be delivered directly by the office of general

services or by other means which ensure the cost effectiveness of those

services. The commissioner of general services may recommend to the

governor new services which could be offered by the office of general

services, and that would reduce state or local expenditures and

facilitate the mission of agencies currently receiving or which could

receive such services.