ยง 144. Power of public welfare officials and service officers to
administer oaths; power of public welfare officials to subpoena persons
liable for support and compel production of records. Public welfare
officials and service officers shall have power to administer oaths and
take affidavits in all matters pertaining to their office and to elicit,
by examination under oath, statement of facts from applicants for or
recipients of assistance or care. Public welfare officials shall have
further power to subpoena persons liable by law for the support of
applicants for or recipients of assistance or care, compel the
attendance of such persons and take their testimony under oath for the
purpose of determining the ability of such persons to contribute towards
the support of such applicants for or recipients of assistance or care,
and in connection therewith to compel the production of books, papers,
records and documents. Such persons shall be entitled to the same
mileage fees as are allowed to witnesses required to attend in civil
actions in courts of record.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - Assistance and Care
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-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-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-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.
138-A - Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.
139-A - Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.
142 - Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.
143-B - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.
143-C - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.
144-A - Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.
145-B - False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.
146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.
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.
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.