New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle I - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Chapter IV - Environmental Assistance Programs
Subchapter A - Clean Water/clean Air Bond Act of 1996
Part 431 - Provisions Relating To All Projects
Section 431.4 - Funding provisions

(a) State assistance towards the cost of a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the approved project cost. This limitation does not apply to municipal park projects for which a State agency, public benefit corporation or public authority is the project sponsor.

(b) For determining the amount of State assistance available for the project, the cost of a project shall be the amount approved by the commissioner. The State shall not be responsible for any increases in the cost of the project.

(c) State assistance will be available on a reimbursement basis. Project sponsors shall submit periodic invoices and requests for payment as work is performed and costs incurred. The amount of each State assistance payment will be in the same proportion as the State assistance bears to total project cost.

(d) A project sponsor may request an advance payment in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the total amount of State assistance for the project or the amount of the sponsor's match which can be documented at the time of the request, whichever is smaller.