STATE OF NEW YORK
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10589
IN SENATE
May 27, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 amending the social
services law and other such law relating to enacting The Welfare
Reform Act of 1997, in relation to changing the name of the office of
temporary and disability assistance to the office of economic security
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 122 of part B of
2 chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 amending the social services law and
3 other such law relating to enacting The Welfare Reform Act of 1997, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 (2) the office of [temporary and disability assistance] economic secu-
6 rity.
7 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,
8 wherever the term "office of temporary and disability assistance"
9 appears in the consolidated or unconsolidated laws or regulations of
10 this state, such term shall be deemed to mean "office of economic secu-
11 rity".
12 § 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,
13 wherever the term "commissioner of temporary and disability assistance"
14 appears in the consolidated or unconsolidated laws or regulations of
15 this state, such term shall be deemed to mean "commissioner of economic
16 security".
17 § 4. Terms occurring in laws, contracts, publications, guidance and
18 other documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
19 contrary, whenever the former department of social services or office of
20 temporary and disability assistance is referred to or designated in any
21 law, contract, publication, guidance, or document pertaining to the
22 functions, powers, obligations and duties of that department transferred
23 by chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 to the office of temporary and disa-
24 bility assistance, such reference or designation shall be deemed to
25 refer to the office of economic security or the commissioner thereof.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 5. Existing rights and remedies preserved. Notwithstanding any other
2 provision of law to the contrary, no existing right or remedy of any
3 character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this act.
4 § 6. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or
5 section contained in this act shall be adjudged by any court of compe-
6 tent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair,
7 or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its opera-
8 tion to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part
9 contained in any part thereof directly involved in the controversy in
10 which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to
11 be the intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted
12 even if such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
13 § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
14 it shall have become a law.
