N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 142-b

§ 142-b. Federal manpower development training act and elementary and\nsecondary education act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for\ncertain public assistance or care. So long as the applicable provisions\nof the federal manpower development and training act, as amended, or of\nthe elementary and secondary education act as amended, may require:\n 1. any inconsistent provision of title ten of article five, other\nprovisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in\ndetermining the need for public assistance or care under such title, any\npayments made under the manpower development and training act, as\namended, which are made in lieu of a training allowance to defray\nexpenses attributable to training and/or as a training incentive\npayment, shall not be regarded as income or resources of the person in\ndetermining his need for such public assistance or care, or as income or\nresources of any other person in determining such other person's need\nfor such public assistance or care; and/or\n 2. any inconsistent provisions of title ten of article five, other\nprovisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in\ndetermining the need for public assistance or care under such title, the\nfirst eighty-five dollars per month, during a period of not less than\ntwelve nor more than twenty-four months as may be prescribed by\nregulations of the department, earned by any person for services\nrendered to any program assisted under title I of the elementary and\nsecondary education act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended,\nshall not be regarded as income or resources of such person in\ndetermining his need for public assistance or care under such title ten\nof article five of this chapter, or as income or resources of any other\nperson in determining such other person's need for such public\nassistance or care.\n