NY A04352

Expands the 50% earned income disregard to apply to applicants and relatives applying for aid, not just current recipients, when calculating public assistance eligibility

Allows parents or non-parent caregivers to exclude other children residing in the same dwelling unit from the public assistance household for eligibility and benefit calculations

Excludes unearned income of a child from household income calculations when that child is excluded from the public assistance household by the parent or caregiver

Eliminates the requirement that minor siblings must apply for assistance together when one minor applies, now only requiring parents to apply alongside the minor applicant

Exempts and disregards all assets held by the household when calculating public assistance benefits, removing previous specific limits on cash, vehicles, burial plots, and other resources