N.Y. MIL Law § 235-A

§ 235-a. Income and resources not to include agent orange benefits.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the terms "income"\nand "resources" for the purpose of determining eligibility for or the\namount of benefits under any means-tested state or state assisted or\nfederally assisted program including but not limited to programs of\npublic assistance and care, including family assistance, safety net\nassistance, medical assistance, title XX of the social security act,\nfood stamp program, the program of additional state payments to persons\neligible for supplemental security income, the low income home energy\nassistance program and grants, loans and scholarships and other\nmeans-tested programs for educational assistance, shall not include\npayments received from the agent orange settlement fund or any other\nfund established pursuant to the settlement in the in re agent orange\nproduct liability litigation, M.D.L. No. 381 (E.D.N.Y.) and/or any\npayments received from court proceedings brought for personal injuries\nsustained by veterans resulting from exposure to dioxin or phenoxy\nherbicides in connection with the war in Indochina in the period January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-two through May seventh, nineteen hundred\nseventy-five.\n