2006 New York Code - Eligibility For Persons With Disabilities.

 
    Section  26-617  Eligibility for persons with disabilities. To qualify
  as a person with a disability for  the  purposes  of  this  section,  an
  individual  shall  submit  to  such  agency as the mayor shall designate
  proof (as specified by regulation of such  agency  as  the  mayor  shall
  designate)  showing  that  such individual is currently receiving social
  security disability insurance (SSDI)  or  supplemental  security  income
  (SSI)  benefits  under  the  federal  social  security act or disability
  pension or disability  compensation  benefits  provided  by  the  United
  States  department  of  veterans  affairs, or was previously eligible by
  virtue of receiving disability benefits under the supplemental  security
  income  program  or  the  social  security  disability  program  and  is
  currently receiving medical assistance benefits based  on  determination
  of  disability  as  provided  in  section three hundred sixty-six of the
  social services law and whose income for the current  income  tax  year,
  together  with the income of all members of such individual's household,
  does not exceed the maximum income at which  such  individual  would  be
  eligible  to  receive  cash  supplemental security income benefits under
  federal law during such tax year.