§ 86. Payment by city of New York. For the purpose of carrying out any
work which may be required to be done by the city of New York under the
provisions of this article, and to provide the means for doing such
work, said city must at all times make the necessary appropriation
therefor, to be levied and collected in the next annual tax levy. The
commissioner of environmental protection, in the city of New York, is
hereby authorized to enter into a contract with any person or
corporation for the doing of said work, in the manner provided by
chapter thirteen of the New York city charter and chapter thirteen of
the administrative code of the city of New York.