2016 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6-A - (Social Services) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT
459-F - Fees for services.

 459-f. Fees for services. Any program defined in subdivision four of
  section  four  hundred fifty-nine-a of this article may charge a service
  fee to a victim of domestic violence who is able to pay all or  part  of
  the  costs of the emergency shelter and services provided to the victim.
  Payments by a social services district  to  a  residential  program  for
  victims  of  domestic  violence  for  the costs of emergency shelter and
  services provided  to  a  victim  of  domestic  violence  at  the  daily
  reimbursement  rate  determined  by  the  department  in accordance with
  section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall be reduced by the
  sum of all fees which such victim is able to pay  toward  the  costs  of
  such  shelter  and  services as determined in accordance with the public
  assistance  budgeting  rules  set  forth  in  the  regulations  of   the
  department  and  by  any  third  party  reimbursement available for such
  costs.