N.Y. Navigation Law § 86: Payment by city of New York

§ 86. Payment by city of New York. For the purpose of carrying out any

work which may be required to be done by the city of New York under the

provisions of this article, and to provide the means for doing such

work, said city must at all times make the necessary appropriation

therefor, to be levied and collected in the next annual tax levy. The

commissioner of environmental protection, in the city of New York, is

hereby authorized to enter into a contract with any person or

corporation for the doing of said work, in the manner provided by

chapter thirteen of the New York city charter and chapter thirteen of

the administrative code of the city of New York.