N.Y. Public Health Law § 1381: State aid

§ 1381. State aid. 1. The commissioner may in the name of the state

make or contract to make, within the limitation of the appropriations

therefor, a state grant for payment to any municipality or to two or

more municipalities jointly of not more than fifty per cent of the

entire cost of the preparation of detailed plans, including

consideration of recycling technology, ultimate land use, and

environmental impact, for the construction of new solid waste management

facilities or the improvement of existing solid waste management

facilities, as determined and approved by the commissioner.

2. Payments authorized pursuant to this title shall be made in two

apportionments, as follows:

(a) the first payment, not to exceed fifty per cent of the total

grant, shall be payable when acceptable detailed plans are approved by

the commissioner, and

(b) the balance of the grant shall be payable when construction

contracts are awarded, or when construction begins, whichever occurs

first.