New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle M - Office of Victim Services
Part 525 - Practice And Procedure Before The Office Of Victim Services
Section 525.11 - Emergency awards
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) No request for an emergency award shall be considered unless a claim application has been filed with the office. The claim application and the request for an emergency award may be made simultaneously. A victim assistance program as defined in section 525.22 of this Part may assist a claimant in making such a request. A request for an emergency award shall be expeditiously acted upon.
(b) A request for an emergency award may be approved if it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made and undue hardship will result to the claimant if immediate payment is not made. The determination by the office of an emergency award request shall include, at a minimum, the consideration of:
(c) The amount of an emergency award shall be the actual out-of-pocket loss as defined in section 626 of the Executive Law and subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in section 630 of the Executive Law. The amount of such emergency award shall be deducted from any final award made to the claimant, and the excess of the amount of any such emergency award over the amount of the final award, or the full amount of any emergency awards if no final award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the office. Failure to repay such amount to the office may result in the delivery of such claim to the Office of the Attorney General for collection.