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Memorandum of Support: Amend Social Services Law § 106 to Protect the Homes of Welfare Recipients
New York is one of only two states in the nation that takes deeds and mortgages against the homes of welfare recipients to recover the public assistance paid to these homeowners. This bill would exempt persons who own and reside in one, two or three family homes from this archaic provision. If the goal of New York’s public assistance policy is to restore individuals to self-sufficiency, then it is time to pass this bill! Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Provide a Fair & Realistic Auto Resource Rule & Remove the Sunset Provision
We strongly support A.7236 AND S.410, which would replace the current two-tiered automobile resource exclusion with a uniform $9300 exemption, and extend a number of other resource provisions that were enacted as part of welfare reform. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Support Access to Education and Training for the Poorest New Yorkers
Four year college should be counted as part of a public assistance recipient's work activity. Read More |
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Legislative Memo: Provide a Person’s Treating Doctor with the Appropriate Role in Determining Whether They are Employable
This bill would require that subject to certain criteria, the treating practitioner’s opinion would be “generally controlling” in the determination of employability. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Eliminate finger imaging from the Food Stamp Program
Over the years there has been no evidence on a national or statewide level that finger-imaging is a cost effective method of avoiding duplicate participation. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo in Support: Require Local Districts to Credit the Minimum Wage Value of Workfare
When an individual works off his or her grant by participation in workfare, it is only fair that the value of that work be credited against any recovery that the local district is entitled to make. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Protect the Homes of Welfare Recipients
New York is one of only two states in the nation that takes deeds and mortgages against the homes of welfare recipients to recover the public assistance paid to these homeowners. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Repeal The 185% Earned Income Cap
When New York State passed its welfare reform initiative in 1997, working families on public assistance were promised that they could earn their way to the poverty level with the state’s enhanced earnings disregards. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Allow Families to Earn Their Way to the Poverty Level
Repealing Social Services Law 131-a(10) will help assure the success of families leaving welfare, allowing them to earn their way to poverty. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Implement all available federal waivers to maximize food stamp participation
This bill would amend section 95(1) of the Social Services Law by adding a new provision to ensure that the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance applies for, and implements across the entire state, all available waivers under federal food stamp rules. Read More |
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