N.Y. Social Services Law § 212: Responsibility; financing

§ 212. Responsibility; financing. 1. If there is no agreement in

effect for federal administration of additional state payments pursuant

to section two hundred eleven of this title, the commissioner of the

office of temporary and disability assistance shall be responsible for

providing such payments to eligible residents of the state as required

by this title and shall:

(a) accept and process applications for additional state payments to

be made pursuant to this title;

(b) determine eligibility for and the amount of additional state

payments in accordance with this title;

(c) redetermine eligibility periodically as the office may require;

provided, however, that any such redeterminations shall be no more

frequent than provided by the applicable regulations of the United

States social security administration; and

(d) take all other actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of

this title.

2. If there is in effect an agreement for the federal administration

of additional state payments, the state shall be responsible for paying

to the secretary an amount equal to: (a) the amount expended under the

state's programs of old age assistance, assistance to the blind and aid

to the disabled during the calendar year, nineteen hundred seventy-two,

less any federal funds properly received on account of such

expenditures; plus (b) any amounts in addition to such sum as may be

required by the agreement.