N.Y. Social Services Law § 356: Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended

§ 356. Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended.

1. The legislative body of each social services district shall annually

appropriate to the commissioner of social services such sum as may be

needed for family assistance, and for the administration thereof. When

the assistance for which such social services district is responsible is

administered, pursuant to title three-A of article three, by a social

services official who is not an officer of the social services district

for which the appropriation is made, all or part of the sum appropriated

shall be made available to such other officer and to the municipality of

which he or she is an officer, in the manner, and at such times, as is

required by other provisions of this chapter. The legislative body of

the social services district shall include such sums in the taxes to be

levied for such social services district.

2. Allowances granted for family assistance shall be paid out of

moneys appropriated or otherwise made available to the social services

district.

3. Expenditures for allowances and administrative expenses under this

title shall be a charge upon the county or city public welfare district.