N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 212

§ 212. Responsibility; financing. 1. If there is no agreement in\neffect for federal administration of additional state payments pursuant\nto section two hundred eleven of this title, the commissioner of the\noffice of temporary and disability assistance shall be responsible for\nproviding such payments to eligible residents of the state as required\nby this title and shall:\n (a) accept and process applications for additional state payments to\nbe made pursuant to this title;\n (b) determine eligibility for and the amount of additional state\npayments in accordance with this title;\n (c) redetermine eligibility periodically as the office may require;\nprovided, however, that any such redeterminations shall be no more\nfrequent than provided by the applicable regulations of the United\nStates social security administration; and\n (d) take all other actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of\nthis title.\n 2. If there is in effect an agreement for the federal administration\nof additional state payments, the state shall be responsible for paying\nto the secretary an amount equal to: (a) the amount expended under the\nstate's programs of old age assistance, assistance to the blind and aid\nto the disabled during the calendar year, nineteen hundred seventy-two,\nless any federal funds properly received on account of such\nexpenditures; plus (b) any amounts in addition to such sum as may be\nrequired by the agreement.\n