N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 465-d

§ 465-d. Criteria for high risk areas. In selecting those areas which\nwould be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a grant,\nthe commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:\n 1. fifty percent or more of those potentially eligible are not\nparticipating in the food stamp program or where a significant number of\nthe population potentially eligible, particularly the working poor and\nthe elderly, are not participating;\n 2. twenty-five percent or more of children are eligible for free or\nreduced price meals within the school lunch program;\n 3. infant mortality or morbidity rates;\n 4. economic indicators including, but not limited to, the unemployment\nrate, prevailing wages, and recent loss of job base;\n 5. high concentration of at risk populations; and\n 6. unavailability of food assistance programs in the area because of\nlack of provider participation or knowledge about the existence of such\nprograms.\n