N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-j: Interception of unemployment insurance benefits

§ 111-j. Interception of unemployment insurance benefits. 1. (a) The

department shall determine on a periodic basis whether any individual

receiving unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to article eighteen

of the state's labor law owes child support obligations which are being

enforced by the department or the child support enforcement unit of a

social services district and shall enforce any child support obligations

which are owed by such individual but are not being met through an

agreement with such individual to have specific amounts withheld from

such benefits otherwise payable to such individual and by submitting a

copy of such agreement to the New York state department of labor.

(b) In the absence of such an agreement, the department shall enforce

any such child support obligations as authorized by the court in any

order establishing such obligations and as otherwise provided by law.

2. Any amounts of unemployment insurance benefits deducted, withheld

and paid over by the department of labor pursuant to section five

hundred ninety-six of the labor law shall be treated as if it were paid

to the person entitled to such compensation and paid by such person to

the department or appropriate child support collection unit toward

satisfaction of such person's child support obligations. Each agency or

district receiving payments deducted by the department of labor shall

reimburse that department for the administrative costs attributable

thereto.