N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 360

§ 360. Real property of legally responsible relatives. The ownership\nof real property by an applicant or applicants, recipient or recipients\nwho is or are legally responsible relatives of the child or children for\nwhose benefit the application is made or the aid is granted, whether\nsuch ownership be individual or joint as tenants in common, tenants by\nthe entirety or joint tenants, shall not preclude the granting of family\nassistance or the continuance thereof if he or they are without the\nnecessary funds to maintain himself, herself or themselves and such\nchild or children.\n