N.Y. Social Services Law Section 154
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The population of a social services district, city or town for the purposes of this section shall be the population of such district, city or town, respectively, excluding the reservation and school Indian population and inmates of state institutions under the direction, supervision or control of the state department of correction and the state department of mental hygiene and inmates of the New York Training School for Girls at Hudson and Claverack, the State Agricultural and Industrial School, the New York state Veterans’ Home and the New York Training School for Boys at Warwick, as shown by the last preceding decennial federal census showing such population, completed and certified prior to December thirty-first preceding the commencement of the state fiscal year during which the reimbursement is made; provided, however, if the director of the United States bureau of the census shall certify that the population of a district, city or town, as shown by such last preceding decennial federal census, (a) excludes a specified number of persons who were actually residing in such district, city or town at the time of such census, or

(b)

includes a specified number of persons who are not actually residing in such district, city or town at the time of such census, there shall be added to or subtracted from the population of such district, city or town the number so specified in such certificate. Such town population shall include the population of any incorporated village or villages or parts thereof within such town, but shall exclude the population of any city or part thereof within such town. The determination as to the population of a social services district, city or town for the purposes of this section shall be made by the state comptroller as provided by section fifty-four of the state finance law. * NB Repealed July 1, 1969 * NB sub. 3 alive but ineffective since section was repealed.

Source: Section 154 — 3, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/154 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

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