New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 53-0107 - Grants or gifts.

53-0107. Grants or gifts.
The department, with the approval of the governor, may accept as agent
  of  the  state  any  gift,  devise  or  bequest,  whether conditional or
  unconditional (notwithstanding the provisions of section eleven  of  the
  state  finance  law),  and  including  federal  grants,  for  any of the
  purposes of this article. Any moneys so received may be expended by  the
  department  to  effectuate  any  purpose of this article, subject to the
  same limitations as  to  approval  of  expenditures  and  audit  as  are
  prescribed  for  state  moneys  appropriated  for  the  purposes of this
  article.

Last modified: February 3, 2019