N.Y. Exec. Law § 202
The office of general services shall provide coordinated services in support of state departments and agencies, and, as specified, authorities, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations, hereafter for the purposes of this section referred to as agencies. Such support services shall (i) serve to conserve state resources, (ii) benefit multiple agencies, and (iii) be consistent with the needs and interests of the agencies receiving those services. Support services may be delivered directly by the office of general services or by other means which ensure the cost effectiveness of those services. The commissioner of general services may recommend to the governor new services which could be offered by the office of general services, and that would reduce state or local expenditures and facilitate the mission of agencies currently receiving or which could receive such services.
N.Y. Exec. Law § 202