New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
Part 620 - Certification of Need for Administrative Review Projects, Substantial Review Projects and Terms of Approval for Acquisition of Property or Construction
Section 620.6 - Substantial review projects

(1) any acquisition of property (regardless of whether it allows for any change in service or certified capacity) by purchase which will or is expected to cost $600,000 or more, including costs of any renovation or reconstruction; or by other means which, if acquired by purchases, would have cost $600,000 or more including costs of any renovation or reconstruction;

(2) any construction or capital expenditure which is estimated to cost $600,000 or more, regardless of whether it allows for any change in service or certified capacity; and

(3) unless all involved planning bodies concur that the project should proceed and agree to waive the substantial review process, the process shall also apply to any administrative review project which, subsequent to the issuance of the original certification of need, but prior to issuance of an operating certificate: