New York Consolidated Laws, State Finance Law - STF § 7. Duties of department of taxation and finance

The commissioner of taxation and finance shall receive all moneys paid into the treasury of the state, pay all warrants drawn by the comptroller on the treasury in a timely manner, make no payment out of the treasury except on the warrant of the comptroller, and annually report to the legislature an exact statement of the balance in the treasury, at the close of the preceding fiscal year, with a summary of the receipts into and payments from the treasury during such year.