ยง 145. Penalties. 1. Any person who by means of a false statement or
representation, or by deliberate concealment of any material fact, or by
impersonation or other fraudulent device, obtains or attempts to obtain,
or aids or abets any person to obtain public assistance or care to which
he is not entitled, or does any wilful act designed to interfere with
the proper administration of public assistance and care, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, unless such act constitutes a violation of a provision
of the penal law of the state of New York, in which case he shall be
punished in accordance with the penalties fixed by such law. Failure on
the part of a person receiving public assistance or care to notify the
social services official granting such assistance or care of the receipt
of money or property or income from employment or any other source
whatsoever, shall, upon the cashing of a public assistance check by or
on behalf of such person after the receipt of such money, or property,
or income, constitute presumptive evidence of deliberate concealment of
a material fact. Whenever a social services official has reason to
believe that any person has violated any provision of this section, he
shall promptly refer the facts and evidence available to him to the
appropriate district attorney or other prosecuting official, who shall
immediately evalaute the facts and evidence and take appropriate action.
2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall apply to
social services officials and employees, who shall also be subject to
removal and shall be liable in an action brought by the county or city,
or by the state commissioner of social services, for the value of the
public assistance improperly granted to any person as a result of the
wilful wrongful act of such official or employee.
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.