New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2599-d. Powers of commissioner

The commissioner may administer directly or through contract, within the amount of funds allocated and within amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred seven-v of this chapter, the childhood obesity prevention program.  The commissioner shall also make grants, within the amount of funds available therefor, for community-based and school-based projects targeted to high-risk populations and communities to implement the provisions of this title.