1. A social services official responsible in an individual case for either the authorization of assistance or the investigation of the application for assistance and the making of a recommendation relative to such application shall have the right to appeal to the department from a decision made in such case by another social services official. Upon receiving such an appeal, the department shall issue a written determination which shall be binding on all the social services officials involved in such appeal. 2. The department on its own motion may review any case for the purpose of determining whether assistance and care has been adequately or properly provided. After making such a review, the department may issue such written determination as it may deem proper, and such determination shall be binding on all the social services officials concerned.
New York Legal Code