N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 85: Commissioner of taxation and finance custodian of fund

§ 85. Commissioner of taxation and finance custodian of fund. The

commissioner of taxation and finance shall be the custodian of the state

insurance fund; and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by him

upon drafts signed by the executive director, deputy executive director

or an assistant director authorized for that purpose by the

commissioners or by checks signed by one of such officers and by the

commissioner of taxation and finance. He may deposit any portion of the

state fund not needed for immediate use, in the manner and subject to

all the provisions of law respecting the deposit of other state funds by

him. Interest earned by such portion of the state insurance fund

deposited by him, shall be collected by him and placed to the credit of

the fund.