New York Laws
Title 1 - General Provisions
151 - Penalties for Cashing Public Assistance Checks or Accepting Electronic Benefit Transfers From Public Assistance Recipients.

(b) Any establishment that offers gambling incidental to the principal
purpose of the business at such location may accept any public
assistance check or electronic benefit transfer device issued by a
public welfare official or department, or agent thereof.
3. Penalties. (a) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of
this section taking place at the licensed premises by a person,
corporation or entity licensed under the alcoholic beverage control law:
(i) to sell liquor and/or wine at retail for off-premises consumption;
(ii) to sell beer at wholesale and also authorized to sell beer at
retail for off-premises consumption; or (iii) to sell liquor, wine
and/or beer for on-premises consumption at an establishment where
entertainers appear unclothed as permitted by the rules of the state
liquor authority, shall constitute cause, for the purposes of section
one hundred eighteen of the alcoholic beverage control law, for the
revocation, cancellation or suspension of such license.
(b) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section
by any person, corporation or entity licensed to operate a gaming
facility under section one thousand three hundred eleven of the racing,
pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law; licensed under section one
thousand six hundred seventeen-a of the tax law to participate in the
operation of a video lottery facility; licensed or authorized to conduct
pari-mutuel wagering under the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding
law; or licensed to participate in charitable gaming under article
fourteen-H of the general municipal law, shall subject such person,
corporation or entity to disciplinary action pursuant to section one
hundred four of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and

section one thousand six hundred seven of the tax law, which may include
revocation, cancellation or suspension of such license or authorization.
(c) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section
by any person, firm, establishment, entity or corporation providing
adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in
an unclothed state for entertainment, or making available the venue in
which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for
entertainment, shall be a violation, as defined in subdivision three of
section 10.00 of the penal law, subject to a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars, a second such violation shall be a violation subject to
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and a third or subsequent
such violation shall be class B misdemeanor subject to a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars.

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.