Fair Hearing of the Month
Fair Hearing # 5271606R (7/28/2009)
February 1, 2010
Recipient of PA who has previously been determined to be employable, but now claims an impairment, can not have case closed for failure to provide medical evidence. Read More

Haitian TPS and Medical Assistance Eligibility
January 28, 2010
Haitian applicants for Temporary Protected Status will be eligible for New York's publicly funded medical assistance program if they meet all other financial and non-financial eligibility requirements. Read More

Tool Kit for Community Health Centers: Helping Patients Access Medicaid
January 19, 2010
This tool kit provides fact sheets and forms on ten different topics related to helping patients access Medicaid coverage or other help with paying for health care services. Read More

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Update
January 16, 2010
OTDA has taken advantage of a federal option to expand New York’s Transitional Benefits Alternative (TBA) program, which provides transitional food stamps to households with children who are leaving temporary assistance (TA). TBA is an enhanced food stamp benefit provided for 5 months after the date of the TA case closing. Read More

Court Holds that Doe v. Doar Class Members Entitled to Offset of Debt Owed the Agency
January 16, 2010
The case of Doe v, Doar, 26 AD2d 787 (2006), app dismissed 6 NY 3d 89, successfully challenged the illegal reduction of public assistance grants to individuals living in households with children where a family member was in receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The final judgment resulted in the restoration of tens of thousands illegally reduced public assistance grants, but the terms of the order limited the restoration of Doe underpayments to class members who were recipients of public assistance. Read More