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NY Soc Serv L § 145-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 145-C - Sanctions.

§  145-c.  Sanctions. Any person who, individually or as a member of a   family, applies for or receives public assistance  and  is  found  by  a   federal, state or local criminal, civil or other court or pursuant to an   administrative  hearing  held  in accordance with the regulations of the   department, on the basis of a plea  of  guilty  or  nolo  contendere  or   otherwise,  intentionally  to  have  (a)  made  a  false  or  misleading   statement or  misrepresented,  concealed,  or  withheld  facts,  or  (b)   committed  any  act  intended  to  mislead,  misrepresent,  conceal,  or   withhold facts or propound a falsity, for the purpose of establishing or   maintaining the eligibility of the individual  or  of  the  individual's   family  for  aid  or  of  increasing  (or preventing a reduction in) the   amount of such aid, then the needs of such individual shall not be taken   into account in determining his or her need or that of his or her family   pursuant to section one hundred thirty-one-a of this article (i)  for  a   period  of  six months upon the first occasion of any such offense, (ii)   for a period of twelve months upon  the  second  occasion  of  any  such   offense  or  upon  an  offense which resulted in the wrongful receipt of   benefits in an amount of between at least one thousand  dollars  and  no   more  than  three  thousand  nine hundred dollars, (iii) for a period of   eighteen months upon the third occasion of any such offense or  upon  an   offense  which  results in the wrongful receipt of benefits in an amount   in excess of three thousand nine hundred dollars, and  (iv)  five  years   for  any  subsequent occasion of any such offense.  Any period for which   sanctions are imposed shall remain in  effect,  without  possibility  of   administrative  stay,  unless  and  until  the  finding  upon  which the   sanctions  were  imposed  is  subsequently  reversed  by  a   court   of   appropriate  jurisdiction;  but  in  no  event shall the duration of the   period for which such sanctions are imposed be subject  to  review.  The   sanctions  shall  be  in  addition  to, and not in substitution for, any   other sanctions which may be provided for by law  with  respect  to  the   offenses  involved,  except  that  the social services official or court   official assessing penalties against a recipient for an act of fraud  or   misrepresentation  described in this subdivision may consider whether to   impose  such  penalties  based  upon  the  existence  of  the  penalties   described herein.
NY Soc Serv L § 146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.

§  146.  Penalty  for the sale or exchange of assistance supplies.  1.   Any person who shall sell or exchange supplies or articles furnished him   as assistance or care by any public welfare official or employee of  the   public  welfare  district,  or  dispose of them in any other way than as   directed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.2. Any person who purchases  any  article  knowing  it  to  have  been   furnished  to any person as assistance or care shall also be guilty of a   misdemeanor.
NY Soc Serv L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 147 - Misuse of Food Stamps, Food Stamp Program Coupons, Authorization Cards and Electronic Access Devices.

§   147.   Misuse   of   food  stamps,  food  stamp  program  coupons, authorization cards and  electronic  access  devices.  1.  a.    Whoever knowingly  uses,  transfers,  acquires, alters, purchases, transports or possesses food stamps, food stamp program coupons,  authorization  cards or  electronic  access  devices  which  entitle  a person to obtain food stamps, in any manner not authorized  by  section  ninety-five  of  this chapter  shall  be  guilty  of  a class A misdemeanor except that if the value of the benefit he or she obtained:  (i) exceeds one thousand dollars, he or she shall be guilty of a class E felony; or  (ii) exceeds three thousand dollars, he or she shall be  guilty  of  a class D felony; or  (iii)  exceeds  fifty thousand dollars, he or she shall be guilty of a class C felony.   b. For the purposes of this section, the value of the benefit obtained shall be the cumulative face value  of  such  food  stamps,  food  stamp program coupons, authorization cards or electronic access devices.   2.  Any  person  found to have violated the provisions of subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision one  of  this  section, who  shall possess a license to sell liquor under section sixty-three of the alcoholic beverage control law or  to  sell  lottery  tickets  under article  thirty-four of the tax law, shall have such license or licenses revoked in addition to any other penalty authorized by  law.    As  used herein,  the  word  "person"  shall  mean  any  individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
NY Soc Serv L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 148 - Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.

§  148.  Penalty  for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public   welfare district.  No person shall, without  legal  authority,  send  or   bring,  or  cause  to be sent or brought, any needy person into a public   welfare district with the purpose of making him a charge on such  public   welfare  district,  or for the purpose of avoiding the responsibility of   assistance or care in the public  welfare  district  from  which  he  is   brought or sent.  Any person found guilty of such an act shall be guilty   of  a  misdemeanor and liable to a fine of fifty dollars, recoverable in   the name of the public welfare district.
NY Soc Serv L § 149 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 149 - Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.

§  149.  Penalty  for  bringing a needy person into the state.  1. Any   person who knowingly brings, or causes to be  brought,  a  needy  person   from  out  of  the state into this state for the purpose of making him a   public charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine  of   one hundred dollars, and shall be obligated to convey such person out of   the state or to support him at his own expense.2.  The  commissioner  of public welfare of the district to which such   needy person is brought may  bring  a  suit  in  a  court  of  competent   jurisdiction to enforce this obligation.3. The court shall require satisfactory security from such person that   he  will  convey the needy person out of the state within the time fixed   by the court or will indemnify  the  public  welfare  district  for  all   charges   and   expenses   incurred  for  the  assistance  and  care  or   transportation of such needy person. If  such  person  refuses  to  give   security  when  so  required  the  court  may commit him to jail for not   exceeding three months.
NY Soc Serv L § 150 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 150 - Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.

§  150.  Penalty for neglect to report or for making false report.  1.   Any commissioner of public welfare, deputy commissioner,  town  or  city   public  welfare officer, service officer, or any officer or employee who   shall neglect or refuse to  render  any  account,  statement  or  report   required  by or pursuant to this chapter, or who shall delay, neglect or   refuse to forward any application for  public  assistance  or  care,  or   shall  wilfully make false report or shall neglect to pay over any money   within the time required by law, shall forfeit two hundred  dollars  and   shall  be  liable to an action for all money which shall be in his hands   with the interest thereon after the time the same should have been  paid   over.2.  Any officer, department or board, in case of failure to receive an   application for public assistance and  care,  or  a  report  or  account   required  by  this  chapter,  shall  notify the district attorney having   authority in such public welfare district.3. The district attorney, upon receiving such notice, shall  prosecute   in the name of such officer, department or board for the recovery of the   penalty  or  of  such  money, or both. The penalty and the sum recovered   shall be deposited in the public welfare  fund  of  the  public  welfare   district or of a town or city thereof, as the case may be.
NY Soc Serv L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 152 - Payments to the New York Public Welfare Association; Attendance at Conventions of Public Welfare Officials.

§ 152. Payments to the New York public welfare association; attendance   at  conventions  of public welfare officials.  The legislative body of a   county  or  city  is  hereby  authorized  to  include  annually  in  the   appropriation  made  for  public  assistance  and  care  and to raise by   taxation the sum necessary to meet the actual and necessary expenses  of   maintaining  and  continuing the New York public welfare association for   the purpose of devising practical ways and means for  obtaining  greater   economy  and  efficiency  in the administration of public assistance and   care, and for the expenses incurred  by  public  welfare  officials  and   employees   in   attending   meetings   of   public  welfare  officials.   Superintendents and matrons of public  homes,  county  and  city  public   welfare  officials  and  deputies  and  agents  designated by the public   welfare officials are authorized to  attend  the  midwinter  and  annual   conventions  of  public  welfare  officials.   The necessary expenses in   connection with such attendance shall be paid from public welfare funds.
NY Soc Serv L § 152-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 152-A - Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.

§  152-a.  Burial reserves for certain recipients of public assistance   or  care from assigned assets. When other  provisions  of  this  chapter   providing    for  reserving  an  amount for the burial of a recipient of   public assistance  or care, from assets transferred  or  assigned  to  a   social  services  official,   do not apply to a recipient because of the   category of public assistance or  care received by him or her, as in the   case of a  recipient of safety net assistance, a similar burial  reserve   from  assigned assets may or shall, as the regulations of the department   may    permit or require, be set aside for such recipient; and any  such   burial    reserve  heretofore  set  aside  with  the  approval  of   the   department,  or in  accordance with its requirements, shall be deemed to   have been authorized.
NY Soc Serv L § 152-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 152-B - Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.

§ 152-b. Surplus after recovery of cost of public assistance and care;   unclaimed  funds. If, after the full amount expended by a public welfare   district for the assistance and care  of  a  deceased  or  other  former   recipient of public assistance and care, including the federal and state   shares  thereof,  as  determined  in  accordance with regulations of the   department, and any authorized amount expended for the  burial  of  such   deceased  recipient, shall have been recovered and deducted from the net   proceeds of assets which have been transferred or assigned to the public   welfare official by or on behalf of such recipient to  insure  repayment   of  the cost of his assistance and care, any balance or surplus remains,   it shall be credited forthwith by the public  welfare  district  to  the   estate  or  persons entitled thereto; but if unclaimed within four years   thereafter by those  entitled  thereto  it  shall  be  deemed  abandoned   property  and  be  paid  to  the  state  comptroller pursuant to section   thirteen hundred five of the abandoned property law.
NY Soc Serv L § 153-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 2 - State Reimbursement for Public Assistance and Care 153-A - Reimbursement for Services to Social Services Districts.

§  153-a. Reimbursement for services to social services districts.  1.   Expenditures made by a department, bureau, division or other unit  of  a   county or city for services to, on behalf of, or directly related to the   operations  of a social services district, pursuant to the provisions of   this chapter or any other provision of law,  may,  if  approved  by  the   department,  be subject to reimbursement by the state, if and so long as   such expenditures are subject to federal reimbursement and only  to  the   extent  of  such federal reimbursement.   There may be paid to each such   social services district the amount of federal funds, if  any,  properly   received  or  to  be  received  on  account of such expenditures.   This   section shall not apply to reimbursement for expenditures related to the   location of absent parents, establishment of paternity or enforcement of   support reimburseable  under  title  six-A  of  article  three  of  this   chapter.2.  a.  Claims for such reimbursement from federal funds shall be made   in such form and manner and at such times and for such  periods  as  the   department  shall  determine, including claims for any such expenditures   made on or after January 1, l970.b. When certified by the department, such reimbursement  from  federal   funds  shall  be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant   of the comptroller out of funds made available therefor.c. When the monies allotted to  the  state  by  the  federal  security   agency,  or other authorized federal agency, for such services to social   services districts for any quarter or other authorized period shall have   been received by the department of taxation and finance, the  department   shall,  as  soon  as  possible, certify to the comptroller the amount to   which each social services district is  entitled  for  such  quarter  or   other  authorized  period and such amount shall be paid out of the state   treasury after  audit  by  the  comptroller  to  the  respective  social   services district.3.  Payment  of such reimbursement from federal funds shall be made to   the fiscal officer of the  social  services  district  entitled  thereto   pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this chapter or any other provision of   law.
NY Soc Serv L § 153-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 2 - State Reimbursement for Public Assistance and Care 153-B - Reimbursement for Services.

§  153-b.  Reimbursement for services.   Expenditures made by a social   services district for the purposes of  this  chapter  as  authorized  by   section  one  hundred thirty-one-g of this chapter shall, if approved by   the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state not pursuant to   section one hundred fifty-three or any other provision of this  chapter,   but,  in accordance with the regulations of the department to the extent   of any and only in the amount of federal funds, if any properly received   or to be received on account of such expenditures.
NY Soc Serv L § 153-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 2 - State Reimbursement for Public Assistance and Care 153-F - State Reimbursement of Home Energy Grant Expenses.

§   153-f.   State   reimbursement  of  home  energy  grant  expenses.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, expenditures made by  social   services  districts  in  the form of payments made as home energy grants   pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three-c of section one hundred   thirty-one-a of this article shall be reimbursed as follows:There shall be paid to each such city, district or town;1. The amount of federal funds properly received or to be received  on   account of such expenditures; and2.  One  hundred  percent of the amount expended after first deducting   therefrom any federal funds properly  received  or  to  be  received  on   account thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 3 - Home Relief 157 - Definitions.

§  157. Definitions.  As used in this title.  1. Safety net assistance   means allowances pursuant to section one hundred  thirty-one-a  of  this   article  for  all  support,  maintenance and need, and costs of suitable   training in a trade  to  enable  a  person  to  become  self-supporting,   furnished   eligible   needy   persons  in  accordance  with  applicable   provisions of law, by a municipal corporation, or a  town  where  safety   net assistance is a town charge, to persons or their dependents in their   abode  or  habitation whenever possible and includes such relief granted   to veterans under  existing  laws  but  does  not  include  hospital  or   institutional care, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, or   family  assistance or medical assistance for needy persons granted under   titles ten and eleven of this article, respectively, or aid  to  persons   receiving   federal   supplemental   security   income  payments  and/or   additional state payments. Safety net assistance may also be provided in   a family  home  or  boarding  home,  operated  in  compliance  with  the   regulations  of the department, and on and after January first, nineteen   hundred seventy-four, in facilities  in  which  a  person  is  receiving   family care or residential care, as those terms are used in title six of   this  article, and to persons receiving care in a facility supervised by   the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services  or  in   a   residential  facility  for  the  mentally disabled approved, licensed or   operated by the office of mental health or the office  for  people  with   developmental  disabilities,  other  than  those  facilities  defined in   sections 7.17 and 13.17 of the mental hygiene law,  in  a  developmental   center  facility  operated  by  the office for people with developmental   disabilities or residential care centers  for  adults  operated  by  the   office  of  mental  health,  when such type of care is deemed necessary.   Payments to such homes and facilities for care and maintenance  provided   by them shall be at rates established pursuant to law and regulations of   the  department.  The  department, however, shall not establish rates of   payment to such homes or facilities without approval of the director  of   the budget.2.  State  aid  means payments to a municipal corporation by the state   for home relief furnished in accordance with this title.3. Municipal corporation shall mean a county or city except  a  county   wholly within a city.
NY Soc Serv L § 160-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 3 - Home Relief 160-A - Unexpended Welfare Balances.

§   160-a.   Unexpended   welfare  balances.  1.  Notwithstanding  the   provisions of any general special or local  law,  where  a  city  is  no   longer responsible for the cost of public assistance or care or any form   thereof  as  provided  by sections seventy-two and seventy-three of this   chapter or operates pursuant to section seventy-four-a of this  chapter,   any unexpended city welfare funds not due and owing to the state or to a   social services district which shall remain in the treasury of such city   on the first day of January of any year may be transferred, appropriated   and expended for any lawful city purpose.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, where   a  town  is  no  longer  responsible  for the cost of any type of public   assistance or care, any unexpended town welfare funds which shall remain   in the hands of the supervisor or any other town officer  on  the  first   day  of January of any year and which are not due and owing to the state   or to a public welfare district may  be  transferred,  appropriated  and   expended for any lawful town purpose.
NY Soc Serv L § 163 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 3 - Home Relief 163 - Application.

§  163. Application. The provisions of any city charter or other local   or special law forbidding the granting of outdoor relief shall not apply   to the granting of home relief under this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 3 - Home Relief 165 - Recipients Authorized to Work.

§  165.  Recipients  authorized  to  work.  Notwithstanding  any other   provision of law,  a  social  services  official  may,  in  his  or  her   discretion,  authorize  a recipient of safety net assistance to work and   retain the income derived  therefrom  without  any  diminution  or  with   partial  diminution  of  safety net assistance where such an arrangement   would, in his or her opinion, lead to elimination of the recipient  from   the  assistance  rolls  in a reasonable length of time. The commissioner   shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this   section.
NY Soc Serv L § 169 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 169 - Eligibility.

§ 169. Eligibility. Each of the following persons who is a resident of   the state on the date of making application for veteran assistance shall   be  eligible  for  such assistance if he or she is unable to provide for   himself or herself, or is  unable  to  secure  support  from  a  legally   responsible  relative,  and  is  not receiving needed assistance or care   under other provisions of this chapter, or from other sources:1. A veteran;2. The wife, husband, child or grandchild under the age of  twenty-one   years,  father, mother, stepfather or stepmother of a veteran, if living   with the veteran;3. The unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran;4. The dependent children under the age of  twenty-one  years  or  the   incapacitated children of a deceased veteran.
NY Soc Serv L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 170 - Character.

§  170. Character. Except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, veteran   assistance shall be granted  in  cash  provided,  however,  that  in  an   individual  case where the granting of cash may be deemed impracticable,   veteran assistance may be granted in whole or in part by order.