§ 145-c. Sanctions. Any person who, individually or as a member of a\nfamily, applies for or receives public assistance and is found by a\nfederal, state or local criminal, civil or other court or pursuant to an\nadministrative hearing held in accordance with the regulations of the\ndepartment, on the basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or\notherwise, intentionally to have (a) made a false or misleading\nstatement or misrepresented, concealed, or withheld facts, or (b)\ncommitted any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or\nwithhold facts or propound a falsity, for the purpose of establishing or\nmaintaining the eligibility of the individual or of the individual's\nfamily for aid or of increasing (or preventing a reduction in) the\namount of such aid, then the needs o
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§ 145-c. Sanctions. Any person who, individually or as a member of a\nfamily, applies for or receives public assistance and is found by a\nfederal, state or local criminal, civil or other court or pursuant to an\nadministrative hearing held in accordance with the regulations of the\ndepartment, on the basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or\notherwise, intentionally to have (a) made a false or misleading\nstatement or misrepresented, concealed, or withheld facts, or (b)\ncommitted any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or\nwithhold facts or propound a falsity, for the purpose of establishing or\nmaintaining the eligibility of the individual or of the individual's\nfamily for aid or of increasing (or preventing a reduction in) the\namount of such aid, then the needs of such individual shall not be taken\ninto account in determining his or her need or that of his or her family\npursuant to section one hundred thirty-one-a of this article (i) for a\nperiod of six months upon the first occasion of any such offense, (ii)\nfor a period of twelve months upon the second occasion of any such\noffense or upon an offense which resulted in the wrongful receipt of\nbenefits in an amount of between at least one thousand dollars and no\nmore than three thousand nine hundred dollars, (iii) for a period of\neighteen months upon the third occasion of any such offense or upon an\noffense which results in the wrongful receipt of benefits in an amount\nin excess of three thousand nine hundred dollars, and (iv) five years\nfor any subsequent occasion of any such offense. Any period for which\nsanctions are imposed shall remain in effect, without possibility of\nadministrative stay, unless and until the finding upon which the\nsanctions were imposed is subsequently reversed by a court of\nappropriate jurisdiction; but in no event shall the duration of the\nperiod for which such sanctions are imposed be subject to review. The\nsanctions shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any\nother sanctions which may be provided for by law with respect to the\noffenses involved, except that the social services official or court\nofficial assessing penalties against a recipient for an act of fraud or\nmisrepresentation described in this subdivision may consider whether to\nimpose such penalties based upon the existence of the penalties\ndescribed herein.\n