N.Y. Executive Law § 29-j: Acceptance of gifts

§ 29-j. Acceptance of gifts. 1. The state office of emergency

management within the division of homeland security and emergency

services may accept any assistance, including but not limited to gifts

or grants of real or personal property, but not including money, from

any public or private source for the purpose of preparing for,

responding to, or recovering from a state disaster emergency. Such

assistance may be used to support state and local disaster operations or

distributed to disaster response organizations supporting local disaster

response operations. To the extent practicable, the office of emergency

management shall distribute such assistance in consultation with local

governments, not-for-profit organizations, and other disaster response

organizations that have experience responding to state disaster

emergencies.

2. The state office of emergency management shall maintain a database

of all assistance accepted during the state disaster emergency and shall

make such information available to the public on its website. The

database shall include, but is not limited to, the name of the donor,

type of assistance provided, value of the assistance, recipient of the

assistance (if available), date of the donation and date of

distribution.

3. The director of the office of emergency management, in consultation

with the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency

services, may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement

this section.