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THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW PROHIBITS THE RELEASE OF THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PERSONS RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; THEREFORE THE FOIL REQUEST FOR THE ADDRESSES OF HOMELESS SHELTERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the FOIL request for the addresses of homeless shelters should not have been granted. Social Services Law section 136(1) provides that “[t]he names or addresses of persons applying for or receiving public assistance and care shall not be included in any published report or printed in any newspaper” … :

A shelter constitutes the “address” of its occupants. “Address” means “[t]he place where mail or other communication is sent” … or “a place where a person . . . may be communicated with” … . Shelter residents “have the right to receive and send mail” at their shelters, as well as “the right to receive visitors” there (18 NYCRR 491.12[c][6], [17]). There is nothing in the definition of “address” that would exclude temporary housing. Matter of NYP Holdings, Inc. v New York City Dept. of Social Servs., 2025 NY Slip Op 02013, First Dept 4-3-25

Practice Point: The Social Services Law prohibits the release of the names and addresses of persons receiving public assistance. Therefore the FOIL request for the addresses of homeless shelters should have been denied.

 

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