§ 175. Administration of veteran assistance in New York city. 1. In
the city of New York, veteran assistance committee means each welfare
committee chosen by the county unit of each veteran organization.

2. In the city of New York, veteran assistance shall be paid or
granted direct to the beneficiaries by the commissioner of public
welfare through the veterans division of the department of public
welfare on a written recommendation signed by three members of the
veteran assistance committee of the county in which the applicant
resides.

3. The comptroller of the city of New York shall, out of the amount
appropriated for such assistance, provide a cash fund to be placed under
the control of the commissioner from which to pay such assistance, and
he shall replenish said fund upon presentation of properly receipted
recommendations by the county veteran assistance committees for the
amounts paid out of said fund.