N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 194-a

§ 194-a. Additional power of work assignment granted to commissioner\nof public welfare of Monroe county. When, pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision eight of section one hundred ninety-four of this title, the\ncommissioner of public welfare of Monroe county deems it advisable to\nassign work to an incarcerated individual, such work may be assigned and\nperformed in or about not only the public home, farm and garden but also\nany other property maintained under his supervision. The payment of any\nreward pursuant to such subdivision eight shall not be deemed, for the\npurposes of any law, to make the incarcerated individual receiving the\nsame an employee of the public home or of the county or city maintaining\nsuch home or such other property maintained under the commissioner's\njurisdiction.\n