Section 5-603. Dedication  


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  • a.  Except as otherwise provided in this
      chapter, the revenues identified  pursuant  to  section  5-602  of  this
      chapter shall be used for criminal justice purposes, including hiring of
      police  officers, correction officers, probation officers, attorneys and
      ancillary personnel; funding public safety,  education,  youth  services
      and community anti-crime programs; increasing capacity in the correction
      area;  and  engaging  in  such  other efforts as are designed to protect
      public safety and deter crime in the city.
        b. There shall be a separate accounting by the city within the general
      fund of the proceeds of the anti-crime lottery established and  operated
      within  the  city  by  the  New York state division of the lottery. Such
      proceeds shall be used exclusively for educational programs,  including,
      but  not  limited  to, increased security in elementary schools, special
      education sites and after school activities; increasing  the  number  of
      community  schools;  providing  academic and non-academic evening school
      activities for high  school  students;  providing  support  services  to
      students  at  risk of dropping out of school; strengthening basic skills
      of  children  in  kindergarten  through  fourth  grade;  and   providing
      additional  after  school  educational  opportunities  in  the municipal
      library system.