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Senate bill would amend law pertaining to work requirements for child support obligors
At the request of the Office of Court Administration, Senator Diane Savino has introduced a bill that would amend FCA 437-a and SSL 111-h which were enacted last year to allow Family Courts to refer respondents who were unemployed to work programs.
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Protecting Funds from Illegal Seizure
Alarmed by the number of calls coming in dealing with the improper seizure of bank accounts containing funds which are exempt from seizure under federal law, including Social Security, disability benefits, pensions, child support and other essential income, Empire Justice staff began looking at the issue more closely.
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Legislative Round-Up: 2009-2010 Session
Another tempestuous session of the New York State Legislature recently concluded. It was a session often characterized by political stalemate and dominated by the State’s budget woes. Therefore it is not surprising that there was considerable frustration within the community of advocates for low-income New Yorkers.
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Empire Justice Center's Initial Reaction to Deficit Reduction Plan for 2009-10 State Budget
The primary concern is that reductions in services for those who have been most impacted by the recession will ultimately result in pushing more people over the edge into desperation and emergent circumstances that are even more costly for the state – from homeless shelters to emergency rooms and even prisons.
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Empire Justice Center 2009-11 Legislative Agenda Scorecard
Empire Justice Center's Legislative Agenda Scorecard for 2009 - 2011
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Senate and Assembly Move on Bills
A bill which would amend Social Services Law §104, §104-b, §106, and §131-r to require local social services departments to reduce the value of a lien taken by a local department of social services against the real or personal property of public assistance recipients by the amount of collected child support, sailed through the Social Services Committee of the State Senate on May 9 and is on the agenda of the Social Services Committee of the Assembly for May 16. Local Departments would be prohibited from claiming recovery of public assistance payments if those payments were reimbursed by child support collections.
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