N.Y. Social Services Law § 160-a: Unexpended welfare balances

§ 160-a. Unexpended welfare balances. 1. Notwithstanding the

provisions of any general special or local law, where a city is no

longer responsible for the cost of public assistance or care or any form

thereof as provided by sections seventy-two and seventy-three of this

chapter or operates pursuant to section seventy-four-a of this chapter,

any unexpended city welfare funds not due and owing to the state or to a

social services district which shall remain in the treasury of such city

on the first day of January of any year may be transferred, appropriated

and expended for any lawful city purpose.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, where

a town is no longer responsible for the cost of any type of public

assistance or care, any unexpended town welfare funds which shall remain

in the hands of the supervisor or any other town officer on the first

day of January of any year and which are not due and owing to the state

or to a public welfare district may be transferred, appropriated and

expended for any lawful town purpose.