New York Executive Law Section 159-K - Monitoring and evaluation.

159-k. Monitoring and evaluation. 1. The secretary shall monitor and evaluate the use of community services block grant funds made available pursuant to this article by the recipients of such funds in order to evaluate the performance of such recipients. Evaluations shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) determining the effectiveness of recipients' administrative operations, organizational structure, planning and programming, self evaluation, and general decision making; and

(b) reviewing the recipients' compliance with federal and state law and regulation.

2. For purposes of evaluations conducted under this section, recipients shall make available to the secretary, or any duly authorized officer or employee of the department, appropriate books, documents, papers and records for examination, copying or mechanical reproduction on or off the premises of the recipient upon a reasonable request therefor.


Last modified: February 3, 2019