N.Y. Social Services Law § 142-a: Federal economic opportunity act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for certain public assistance or care

§ 142-a. Federal economic opportunity act grants or payments; effect

on eligibility for certain public assistance or care.

Any inconsistent provisions of titles ten and eleven of article five,

other provisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding,

in determining the need for public assistance or care under such titles:

1. Any grant made to a family under title III of the federal economic

opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four shall not be regarded as

income or resources of such family in determining the need of any member

thereof for such public assistance or care.

2. The first eighty-five dollars plus one-half of the excess over

eighty-five dollars of payments made to or on behalf of any person for

or with respect to any month under title I or II of the federal economic

opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four or any program assisted

under such title shall not be regarded as income or resources of such

person in determining his need for such public assistance or care, or as

income or resources of any other individual in determining such other

individual's need for such public assistance or care; but any amount

made available to or for the benefit of such other individual from the

excess of the amounts exempted hereby may be considered in determining

the eligibility of such other individual for such public assistance or

care.