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S 1624: Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 1624 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill proposes to require that individuals applying for public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits. This change aims to ensure that only eligible residents receive public assistance, rather than non-residents. The proposed law would take effect on the first day of the year following its enactment.

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Last action: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Jan. 13, 2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 13, 2025 · 202 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1624 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows: 3 5-b. No public assistance shall be given to an applicant for public 4 assistance who has not been a resident of the state for at least ninety 5 days prior to applying for such assistance. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 7 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01053-01-5 
Text of S 1624 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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