N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 5, § 120.11
For any position opened as a result of assistance provided under this service, businesses so assisted shall first consider persons eligible to participate in Federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300) programs, who shall be referred to the business by administrative entities of service delivery areas created pursuant to such act or by the Job Service Division of the Department of Labor.