2012 New York Consolidated Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6-A - (459-A - 459-H) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT
459-B - Residential services for victims of domestic violence.

 
    * §  459-b.  Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In
  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
  regulations of the department, a social services  district  shall  offer
  and  provide necessary and available emergency shelter and services at a
  residential program for victims of domestic  violence  to  a  victim  of
  domestic  violence  who  was residing in the social services district at
  the time of the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim  is
  eligible for public assistance.
    * NB Effective until April 1, 2013
    * §  459-b.  Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In
  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
  regulations of the office of children  and  family  services,  a  social
  services  district  shall  offer  and  provide  necessary  and available
  emergency shelter and services for up to ninety days  at  a  residential
  program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  to  a  victim of domestic
  violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
  the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
  public assistance.  Two  forty-five  day  extensions  of  necessary  and
  available  emergency shelter may be granted beyond the maximum length of
  stay at a residential program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  for
  residents who continue to be in need of emergency services and temporary
  shelter.
    * NB Effective April 1, 2013