§ 421. Withholding state aid. The office may authorize or require the comptroller to withhold the payment of state aid to any municipality in the event such municipality alters or discontinues without the approval of the office the operation of a plan approved by the office, or fails to adopt or change a plan as recommended by the office, or fails to comply with rules or regulations established by the office, or fails to enforce in a manner satisfactory to the office, laws now in effect or hereafter adopted that relate in any manner to the protection and welfare of youth.

Terms Used In N.Y. Executive Law 421

  • Municipality: shall mean a county, or a city having a population of one million or more. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Office: shall mean the office of children and family services established in the department of family assistance by chapter four hundred thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • State aid: shall mean payments by the state to a municipality for or toward the cost of establishment, operation and/or maintenance of approved youth programs in accordance with the provisions of this article. See N.Y. Executive Law 412
  • Youth: shall mean any person under twenty-one years of age. See N.Y. Executive Law 412