N.Y. State Finance Law § 53-B
1. No agency shall make application for participation in any continuing grant or contract supported program when authorization to apply for participation in such program is disapproved by the director of the budget pursuant to the following procedure: a. The chief executive officer of the agency seeking authorization to make application for participation in a continuing grant or contract supported program shall, at least forty days prior to any deadline for making application, except as provided in paragraph d of this subdivision, notify the director of the budget, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee of such agency's proposed application on forms and in a manner to be prescribed by the director of the budget, and shall provide such persons with such further information as they shall require. Such notice shall: