N.Y. State Finance Law § 41: Indebtedness not to be contracted without appropriation

§ 41. Indebtedness not to be contracted without appropriation. No

state officer, employee, board, department or commission shall contract

indebtedness on behalf of the state, nor assume to bind the state, in an

amount in excess of money appropriated or otherwise lawfully available.

This section shall not apply to a case where a statute expressly

authorizes the making of a contract or contracts for a stated maximum

amount which exceeds the money appropriateed or otherwise available for

payments thereon.