N.Y. Social Services Law § 551: Construction

§ 551. Construction. 1. The provisions of this chapter so far as they

are substantially the same as those existing at the time they shall take

effect, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws, modified or

amended, according to the language employed in this chapter, and not as

new enactments. References in laws not repealed to provisions of law

repealed, or transferred and enacted into and made a part of this

chapter, shall be construed as applying to the provisions so

incorporated.

2. All references in this chapter to articles, titles or sections

shall, unless otherwise indicated in connection therewith, be deemed to

refer to the articles, titles or sections of this chapter; and, if so

stated in connection therewith, to a subdivision of a section of this

chapter. All references in any section of this chapter to a numbered

subdivision, or clause shall, unless otherwise indicated in connection

therewith, be deemed to refer to the subdivision, or clause so numbered

or lettered in such section. All references in any article to a title

shall, unless otherwise indicated in connection therewith, be deemed to

refer to the title so numbered in such article.