N.Y. State Fin. Law § 179-AA
There is hereby established a not-for-profit contracting advisory committee. The advisory committee shall consist of sixteen members which shall include eight appointed members, four to be appointed by the governor who shall be representatives of not-for-profit organizations providing services in the state, and two each to be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly, and eight ex officio members of the committee, one each designated from the division of the budget, the department of law, the office of the state comptroller, and the education department. The governor shall also designate four members from among the following agencies: the department of state, the office of children and family services, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health, the office of mental hygiene, the office for people with developmental disabilities, and the department of labor. The governor shall designate an appointee to serve as chair of the committee. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and upon its own initiative may: comment and report on the implementation and operation of the not-for-profit short-term revolving loan fund; advise the governor, comptroller and state agencies on the implementation and operation of this article; evaluate the benefits of requiring all state agencies to use standard contract language and the extent to which standard language may be effectively included in contracts with not-for-profit organizations; review annually the report of the office of the state comptroller made pursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine- bb of this article; and propose any legislation they deem necessary to improve the fund and this article. The committee shall report to the governor and the legislature with recommendations on improving the contracting procedures with not-for-profit organizations which receive state funds through the intermediary of municipalities. Such reports shall be due annually not later than December first.
N.Y. State Fin. Law § 179-AA