Notwithstanding any law, regulation or rule to the contrary, any assistive device or adaptive equipment which has been provided by the state to an employee with a disability as a reasonable accommodation and which is necessary to the performance of the duties of the employee's position shall be repaired or replaced by such state employee's appointing authority in a timely fashion and at no cost to such employee whenever the assistive device or adaptive equipment requires repair or replacement.
N.Y. Civ. Serv.Law § 152