N.Y. Judiciary Law § 849-j: Payment procedures; audits

§ 849-j. Payment procedures; audits. 1. Upon approval of an

application, the chief administrator, within available appropriations,

may authorize disbursement of funds in any amount up to the amount

sought by the application. Such disbursement may be by advance payment

to the applicant (or joint applicants, as appropriate) before it incurs

the cost for which its application sought funding, by reimbursement to

the applicant after it incurs and pays such costs in the first instance,

or by some combination thereof, as the chief administrator determines is

appropriate under the circumstances.

2. The state comptroller, the chief administrator and their authorized

representatives shall have the power to inspect, examine and audit the

fiscal affairs of the applicant (or applicants) to an approved

application granted pursuant to this article to the extent necessary to

determine whether funding received under the program has been used in

accordance with the purpose or purposes for which it was sought in the

application, and whether there has been compliance with all rules and

regulations governing the program and the provisions of this article.