N.Y. Labor Law § 17: Expenses

§ 17. Expenses. The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the

duties of his office. The reasonable and necessary expenses of the

department and the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses

of the commissioner, deputy commissioner and other officers and

employees of the department, while actually engaged in the performance

of their duties, outside of the city of Albany, or if any such officer

or employee be in charge of or actually employed at a branch office of

the department, the reasonable and necessary traveling and other

expenses outside of the place in which such branch office is located,

shall be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the

comptroller, upon vouchers approved by the commissioner.