Section 179. Costs of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of armories, camps, ranges and other facilities, a charge upon the state

1. The costs of construction, reconstruction, repair, rehabilitation and
  improvement of armories, camps, ranges, bases, buildings, structures and
  other  facilities under the jurisdiction of the division of military and
  naval affairs, including armories and armory  property  located  in  the
  city  of New York the title to which is vested in the corporation of the
  city of New York, and the costs of maintenance and  operation  including
  personal  service, furniture and furnishings, equipment and supplies for
  the same and the costs of repairing, renewing, replacing or  maintaining
  the  pavement  of  streets,  gutters,  curbing,  flagging  of sidewalks,
  fences, sewers and water pipes in their connection in, on  or  with  the
  site of any such armory, camp, range, base, building, structure or other
  facility  shall  be  a  charge upon the state, except to the extent that
  payment of such costs in whole or in part may be otherwise provided for.
    2. All such costs which are a charge upon the state shall be paid  out
  of any moneys of the state available therefor, upon certification, audit
  and  approval  in  the  manner  provided  by  law,  and  subject  to all
  applicable provisions of law relating to expenditure of  moneys  of  the
  state.