§ 179. Costs of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of
armories, camps, ranges and other facilities, a charge upon the state.
1. The costs of construction, reconstruction, repair, rehabilitation and
improvement of armories, camps, ranges, bases, buildings, structures and
other facilities under the jurisdiction of the division of military and
naval affairs, including armories and armory property located in the
city of New York the title to which is vested in the corporation of the
city of New York, and the costs of maintenance and operation including
personal service, furniture and furnishings, equipment and supplies for
the same and the costs of repairing, renewing, replacing or maintaining
the pavement of streets, gutters, curbing, flagging of sidewalks,
fences, sewers and water pipes in their connection in, on or with the
site of any such armory, camp, range, base, building, structure or other
facility shall be a charge upon the state, except to the extent that
payment of such costs in whole or in part may be otherwise provided for.

2. All such costs which are a charge upon the state shall be paid out
of any moneys of the state available therefor, upon certification, audit
and approval in the manner provided by law, and subject to all
applicable provisions of law relating to expenditure of moneys of the
state.