2006 New York Code - Limitations In The Payment Of Rent Arrears.

 
    §  131-w.  Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. Districts shall
  not provide assistance to pay rent arrears, property taxes  or  mortgage
  arrears  for  persons  not  eligible  for  home relief, aid to dependent
  children, emergency  assistance  to  needy  families  with  children  or
  emergency  assistance  for  aged,  blind and disabled persons, except to
  persons who are without income or  resources  immediately  available  to
  meet  the  emergency  need, whose gross household income does not exceed
  one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income  official  poverty
  line and who sign a repayment agreement agreeing to repay the assistance
  in  a  period  not to exceed twelve months.  The districts shall enforce
  the repayment agreements by any legal method available to a creditor, in
  addition to any rights it has pursuant to this chapter.  The  department
  shall  promulgate  regulations  to  implement  this section which shall,
  among other things, establish standards for the  contents  of  repayment
  agreements and establish standards to ensure that assistance is provided
  only in emergency circumstances.