N.Y. Executive Law § 512-a: Earnings of youth

§ 512-a. Earnings of youth. The division for youth may grant

compensation to youth for work performed in division facility programs,

or pursuant to work programs in accordance with rules and regulations

established by the division for youth and approved by the director of

the budget. Such rules and regulations need not be uniform as to each

program and may establish, on the basis of work performed, the amount of

compensation to be paid and the manner in which it is to be paid to each

youth, or paid to the youth's dependents, or credited to the youth's

account until his or her discharge from such program. Such compensation

may be paid from moneys appropriated to the division for youth for

maintenance and operation.