N.Y.C. Charter § 222: Section 222. Scope of project.

a. Each agency, with respect to a capital project under its jurisdiction included in a capital budget, shall prepare a proposed scope of project within appropriated planning funds. In preparing the proposed scope of project, the agency shall consult with the community board for the community district in which the capital project is to be located. The proposed scope of project, or, in the case of a delay, an explanation for such delay along with a revised schedule, shall be submitted to the mayor and to the respective council committee, borough president and community board by the date specified in the adopted capital budget in which the capital project is included. Such proposed scope shall identify all substantial differences between the guidelines for the capital project as contained in such scope and the description of the capital project contained in the report issued pursuant to subdivision d of section two hundred nineteen at the time such project was proposed in the executive budget or following the budget adoption in which such project was added to the capital budget.

b. Not later than sixty days after receipt of the proposed scope of project from an agency pursuant to subdivision a of this section, the mayor shall approve, modify, or disapprove the proposed scope of project and notify the agency, and the respective council committee, borough president and community board. In the case of a scope approved by the mayor with modifications, such notification shall include a copy of the scope as approved.

c. During the review of the selection of a site of a capital project pursuant to the uniform land use review procedure established by section one hundred ninety-seven-c, the community board and borough president shall also review, and may comment on, the scope of the project.

d. No scope of project shall be approved by the mayor unless (1) it contains the information required by paragraph four of section two hundred ten and it conforms to the applicable standards for the type of project adopted pursuant to this chapter, and (2) funds are available within the appropriate program category of the capital program that can be reserved for each fiscal year required to complete the project.