No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall refuse to supply or to continue to supply utility services to any person who has applied for or is receiving public assistance, supplemental security income benefits, or additional state payments pursuant to the social services law, solely on the grounds that there may be money due to the utility corporation or municipality for services previously furnished to such person, if the utility corporation or municipality receives, or is entitled to receive, a direct payment or receives a guarantee of payment from a social services district.
New York Legal Code