NY Gen Mun L § 99-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-I - Participation in Programs to Promote Progress and Scholarship in the Humanities and the Arts.

§  99-i. Participation in programs to promote progress and scholarship   in the humanities and the arts.    1.  As  used  in  this  section,  the   following terms shall mean and include:a.  "Municipal  corporation". A county, city, town, village, or school   district of the state, or a board of higher education in a city having a   population of one million or more.b. "National foundation act". The national foundation on the arts  and   the  humanities  act of nineteen hundred sixty-five and any federal laws   amendatory or supplemental thereto heretofore or hereafter enacted.2. Any municipal corporation shall have power, either individually  or   jointly  with  one  or  more other municipal corporations, to apply for,   accept, and expend  funds  made  available  by  the  federal  government   pursuant  to  the  provisions of the national foundation act in order to   administer, conduct or participate with  the  federal  government  in  a   program  which  has  as  its  purpose  the  promotion  of  progress  and   scholarship  in  the  humanities  and  the  arts.  Any  such   municipal   corporation  is  authorized  to  appropriate and expend such sums as are   required to administer, conduct, or participate in any such program  and   may perform any and all acts necessary to effectuate the purposes of any   such program.3.  Any municipal corporation, either individually or jointly with one   or more other municipal corporations, may  enter  into  agreements  with   private,  non-profit  agencies  which  are  authorized  to apply for and   accept funds made available by the federal government  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  the national foundation act. Such agreements may provide   that funds, services, or facilities will be made available by  any  such   municipal   corporation  or  municipal  corporations  to  such  private,   non-profit agency upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by   such municipal corporation or municipal corporations, in order to defray   that portion of the  cost  of  any  program  administered  by  any  such   private, non-profit agency which is not paid for by funds made available   by  the  federal  government. Such private, non-profit agency shall file   annually with each such municipal corporation with which it has  entered   into  such  an  agreement,  or  at  such more frequent periods as may be   required by such municipality, a financial report with respect  to  such   program  or programs and shall make available for inspection or audit by   each such municipal corporation, its books, records and other data.4. No funds, services, or facilities shall  be  made  available  by  a   municipal  corporation  to  a private, non-profit agency pursuant to the   provisions of subdivision three of this section unless such  agency  has   obtained  approval  of  its  application  for  a federal grant-in-aid as   required by the provisions of  the  national  foundation  act,  and  its   program   is  designed  to  promote  progress  and  scholarship  in  the   humanities and the arts within the municipal  corporation  or  municipal   corporations with which it has entered into such an agreement.