New York Laws
Title 1 - General Provisions
135 - Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.

ยง 135. Cooperation of public welfare officials. 1. It shall be the
duty of every public welfare official to render assistance and cooperate
within his jurisdictional powers with every other public welfare
official and with the family court and all other governmental agencies
concerned with the health and welfare of persons under their
jurisdiction.

2. Every public welfare official shall also cooperate whenever
possible with any private agency whose object is the relief and care of
persons in need or the improvement of social conditions in order that
there may be no duplication of relief and that the work of agencies both
public and private may be united in an effort to relieve distress and
prevent dependency.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

SOS - Social Services

Article 5 - Assistance and Care

Title 1 - General Provisions

131 - Assistance, Care and Services to Be Given.

131-A - Monthly Grants and Allowances of Public Assistance.

131-AA - Monthly Statistical Reports.

131-AAA - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.

131-B - Fees for Services.

131-BB - Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement Program.

131-C - Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.

131-D - Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.

131-E - Family Planning Services.

131-F - Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.

131-G - Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.

131-H - Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.

131-I - Social Services Districts; Agreements.

131-I*2 - Family Loan Program.

131-J - Certain Utility Deposits.

131-K - Undocumented Noncitizens.

131-L - Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.

131-M - Information on Resource Referral Services.

131-N - Exemption of Income and Resources.

131-O - Personal Allowances Accounts.

131-P - Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.

131-Q - Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.

131-R - Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.

131-S - Payments Made for Utility Service for Recipients of Public Assistance Benefits, Supplemental Security Income Benefits or Additional State Payments.

131-T - Periodic Reporting.

131-U - Domestic Violence Services.

131-V - Temporary Emergency Shelter.

131-W - Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.

131-X - Reverse Mortgage Loans.

131-Z - Child Assistance Program.

131-ZZ - Child Poverty Reduction.

132 - Investigation of Applications.

132-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.

133 - Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.

133-A - Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.

134 - Supervision.

134-A - Conduct of Investigation.

134-B - Front End Detection System.

134-C - Requirement to Publicly Post Information.

135 - Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.

136 - Protection of Public Welfare Records.

136-A - Information From State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.

137 - Exemption From Levy and Execution.

137-A - Exemption of Earnings of Recipients From Assignment, Income Execution and Installment Payment Order.

138-A - Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.

139-A - Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.

141 - Burial of the Dead.

142 - Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.

142-A - Federal Economic Opportunity Act Grants or Payments; Effect on Eligibility for Certain Public Assistance or Care.

142-B - Federal Manpower Development Training Act and Elementary and Secondary Education Act Grants or Payments; Effect on Eligibility for Certain Public Assi

143 - Information to Be Given by Employers of Labor to Social Services Officials, the Department, Family Court and the State Department of Mental Hygiene.

143-A - Information to Be Given to Public Welfare Officials by Retail Instalment Sellers, Small Loan Companies and Sales Finance Companies.

143-B - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.

143-C - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.

144 - Power of Public Welfare Officials and Service Officers to Administer Oaths; Power of Public Welfare Officials to Subpoena Persons Liable for Support A

144-A - Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.

145 - Penalties.

145-A - Judgment Liens.

145-B - False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.

145-C - Sanctions.

146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.

147 - Misuse of Food Stamps, Food Stamp Program Coupons, Authorization Cards and Electronic Access Devices.

148 - Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.

149 - Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.

150 - Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.

151 - Penalties for Cashing Public Assistance Checks or Accepting Electronic Benefit Transfers From Public Assistance Recipients.

152 - Payments to the New York Public Welfare Association; Attendance at Conventions of Public Welfare Officials.

152-A - Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.

152-B - Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.

152-C - Menstrual Products.

152-D - Replacement of Stolen Public Assistance.