Section 56-0105. Powers and duties

In  administering  the  provisions  of  this  article  the  respective
  commissioner or the secretary of state:
    1.  shall  make  an  itemized  estimate  of  funds  or  appropriations
  requested annually for inclusion in the executive budget;
    2.  shall,  in  the name of the state, as further provided within this
  article, contract to make,  within  the  limitations  of  appropriations
  available  therefor,  state  assistance  payments  toward  the cost of a
  project approved, and to be undertaken pursuant to this article;
    3. shall approve vouchers for the payments  pursuant  to  an  approved
  contract; and
    4. may perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper
  or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.
    5. Shall give a priority and preference to a project in any brownfield
  opportunity  area  designated pursuant to section nine hundred seventy-r
  of the general municipal law.