The local government assistance corporation shall not issue obligations for payments to local governments unless an appropriation or appropriations have been enacted providing for the determination of the amount and manner of payments to local governments. Payments to local governments from the net proceeds of the obligations of the corporation shall be for any or all of the following purposes:\n1. elementary and secondary education, community college aid and support for tuition assistance programs;\n2. payment of the nonfederal share of local medicaid costs; and\n3. other local assistance programs, including revenue sharing assistance, aid for health and the improvement of environmental quality, housing initiatives, mental health and drug abuse programs, mass transportation and highway and bridge programs.
New York Legal Code