2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 5 - Assistance and Care › Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs › 342-A - Noncompliance With the Requirements of This Title.

§  342-a.  Noncompliance  with  the requirements of this title. 1. The
  provisions of this section shall apply to persons who are residents of a
  city having a population of one million or more people.
2. In accordance with the provisions of this section an individual who
  is required to participate in work activities  shall  be  ineligible  to
  receive  public  assistance  if  he or she fails to comply, without good
  cause, with  the  requirements  of  this  title  and  the  district  has
  determined  that  he or she is not exempt from such requirements and has
  verified that appropriate child care, transportation, and accommodations
  for disability were in place at the time of  such  failure  or  refusal.
  Such  ineligibility shall be for the amount and period specified in this
  section. Good cause for failing to comply with the requirements of  this
  title  shall  be  defined  in department regulations, provided, however,
  that the parent or caretaker relative of a child under thirteen years of
  age shall not be subject to the ineligibility provisions of this section
  if the individual can demonstrate, in accordance with the regulations of
  the office of children and family services, that lack of available child
  care prevents such individual from complying with the work  requirements
  of this title. The parent or caretaker relative shall be responsible for
  locating  the child care needed to meet the work requirements; provided,
  however, that the relevant social  services  district  shall  provide  a
  parent  or  caretaker  relative  who demonstrates an inability to obtain
  needed child care with a choice of two providers, at least one of  which
  will be a regulated provider.
3.  In  the case of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance
  whom the district has determined is not exempt from the requirements  of
  this  title  and  who is a parent or caretaker of a dependent child, the
  public assistance benefits otherwise available to the household of which
  such individual  is  a  member  shall  be  reduced  pro-rata  until  the
  individual  is  willing  to  comply  with the requirements of this title
  consistent with any medical condition which may limit  the  individual's
  ability to participate in work activities.
4. In the case of an individual who is a member of a household without
  dependent  children  whom the district has determined is not exempt from
  the requirements of this title and who is applying for or in receipt  of
  safety   net   assistance,  the  public  assistance  benefits  otherwise
  available to the household of which such individual is a member shall be
  reduced pro-rata until  the  failure  or  refusal  to  comply  with  the
  requirements  of  this title consistent with any medical condition which
  may limit the individual's ability to  participate  in  work  activities
  ceases.
5.  A  recipient of public assistance whom the district has determined
  is not exempt from the requirements of  this  title  and  who  quits  or
  reduces his hours of employment without good cause or due to any medical
  condition  which  may  limit  the individual's ability to participate in
  work activities shall be considered to have failed to  comply  with  the
  requirements  of  this article and shall be subject to the provisions of
  this section.
6. A person described in paragraph (b) of subdivision seven of section
  one hundred fifty-nine of this chapter may not be sanctioned if  his  or
  her  failure to comply with requirements of this title is related to his
  or her health status.