N.Y. Social Services Law § 72: Power of the board of supervisors to assume responsibility for assistance and care

§ 72. Power of the board of supervisors to assume responsibility for

assistance and care. 1. The board of supervisors of the county may, by

resolution adopted by a majority vote, direct that the cost of all or

any part of the assistance and care for which the towns and cities are

made responsible under the provisions of subdivisions one and two of

section sixty-nine shall be a charge on the county social services

district and administered under the direction of the county

commissioner.

2. Copies of any such resolution shall be sent to each town clerk and

to the mayor and clerk of each city in the county social services

district within ten days after the adoption of the resolution. However,

no resolution adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to

subdivision one of this section shall take effect in a city in the

county social services district until confirmed by the legislative body

of the city.