2021 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - Children
Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program
458-F - Fair Hearings.

§  458-f.  Fair hearings. 1. Any person aggrieved by the decision of a
  social services official not to make a payment or payments  pursuant  to
  this  title  or  to  make  such  payment or payments in an inadequate or
  inappropriate amount or the failure of a  social  services  official  to
  determine  an  application  under  this  title  within thirty days after
  filing, or the failure of a social  services  district  to  agree  to  a
  prospective successor guardian being named in an agreement or to approve
  a  prospective  successor  guardian  pursuant  to  subparagraph  (ii) of
  paragraph (b) of subdivision five of section four hundred  fifty-eight-b
  of  this  title,  or  the  decision  of  a  social  services district to
  terminate an agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision four  of
  section  four  hundred  fifty-eight-b  of  this title, may appeal to the
  office of children and family services, which shall review the case  and
  give  such  person  an opportunity for a fair hearing thereon and render
  its decision within thirty days. All decisions of the office of children
  and family services shall be binding upon the social  services  district
  involved  and  shall  be  complied  with by the social services official
  thereof.
2. The only issues which may be raised in a fair  hearing  under  this
  section  are:  (a)  whether  the social services official has improperly
  denied an application for payments under this  title;  (b)  whether  the
  social services official has improperly discontinued payments under this
  title;  (c)  whether  the  social  services  official has determined the
  amount of the payments made or to be made in violation of the provisions
  of this title or the regulations of the office of  children  and  family
  services promulgated hereunder; (d) whether the social services official
  has  failed  to  determine an application under this title within thirty
  days; (e) whether the social services official has improperly denied  an
  application  to  name  a  prospective successor guardian in the original
  kinship guardianship assistance agreement for payments pursuant to  this
  title  or any amendments thereto; (f) whether a social services official
  has inappropriately failed to approve a prospective successor  guardian;
  or (g) whether a social services official has inappropriately terminated
  an agreement for payments under this title.
3.  The  provisions of subdivisions two and four of section twenty-two
  of this chapter shall apply to fair  hearings  held  and  appeals  taken
  pursuant to this section.