New York Social Services Law Section 146 - Penalty for the sale or exchange of assistance supplies.

  146.  Penalty  for the sale or exchange of assistance supplies.  1.
  Any person who shall sell or exchange supplies or articles furnished him
  as assistance or care by any public welfare official or employee of  the
  public  welfare  district,  or  dispose of them in any other way than as
  directed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any person who purchases  any  article  knowing  it  to  have  been
  furnished  to any person as assistance or care shall also be guilty of a
  misdemeanor.

Last modified: February 3, 2019