N.Y. Social Services Law § 143: Information to be given by employers of labor to social services officials, the department, family court and the state department of ment...

§ 143. Information to be given by employers of labor to social

services officials, the department, family court and the state

department of mental hygiene. If requested by an authorized

representative of the state department of mental hygiene or of the

department or by any social services official, the officials or

executives of any corporation or partnership, and all employers of labor

of any kind, doing business within the state of New York, shall furnish

to such representative or social services official information relating

to facts of which such officials, executives or employers shall have

cognizance, concerning the last known address, social security number,

plans providing care or other medical benefits by insurance or

otherwise, wages, salaries, earnings or other income of any applicant

for, or recipient of public assistance or care named in such request or

of any relative legally responsible for the support of such applicant

for, or recipient of public assistance or care, or of any person legally

responsible for a person who is receiving services pursuant to section

one hundred eleven-g of this chapter, or for the support of any patient

of any state institution named by such representative of the state

department of mental hygiene.