N.Y. Facilities Development Corporation Act § 7-a
The corporation, upon the issuance by the director of the budget of a certificate of approval segregating funds to pay for their corporate services, shall design, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, and equip facilities for the department of corrections and community supervision or cause facilities to be designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved, and equipped. The corporation shall also assist and cooperate with and shall make its personnel and services fully available to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision and the department of corrections and community supervision in matters relating to their responsibilities for site selection, acquisition of and capital planning relating to facilities for the department of corrections and community supervision. During the course of construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of such facilities, the corporation shall consult with the commissioner of corrections and community supervision and the personnel of the department of corrections and community supervision as the work progresses in matters relating to space requirements, site plans, architectural concept and substantial changes in the plans and specifications therefor and in matters relating to the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, and apparatus needed to furnish and equip such facilities upon the completion of the work. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision and the department of corrections and community supervision shall assist and cooperate with the corporation in such matters.
N.Y. Facilities Development Corporation Act Law § 7-a