New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

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public assistance agency state government agency

The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is a state agency responsible for administering public assistance, disability benefits, and support services to low-income and vulnerable residents of New York.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance canonical	6
New York State social services agencies	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T219485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Context triple: [New York State executive agencies, hasPart, New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance]

A. New York State Office of Children and Family Services
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services is a state agency responsible for overseeing child welfare, juvenile justice, child care, and related family support services across New York.
B. New York State Department of Labor
The New York State Department of Labor is a state government agency responsible for enforcing labor laws, overseeing workplace safety, and administering unemployment insurance and workforce development programs in New York.
C. New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities is a state agency that coordinates services, supports, and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families across New York.
D. New York State Department of Health
The New York State Department of Health is the state agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health for residents of New York through regulation, oversight, and health services.
E. New York State Office of Mental Health
The New York State Office of Mental Health is a state agency responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and providing public mental health services and policy across New York.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Target entity description: The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is a state agency responsible for administering public assistance, disability benefits, and support services to low-income and vulnerable residents of New York.

A. New York State Office of Children and Family Services
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services is a state agency responsible for overseeing child welfare, juvenile justice, child care, and related family support services across New York.
B. New York State Department of Labor
The New York State Department of Labor is a state government agency responsible for enforcing labor laws, overseeing workplace safety, and administering unemployment insurance and workforce development programs in New York.
C. New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities is a state agency that coordinates services, supports, and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families across New York.
D. New York State Department of Health
The New York State Department of Health is the state agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health for residents of New York through regulation, oversight, and health services.
E. New York State Office of Mental Health
The New York State Office of Mental Health is a state agency responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and providing public mental health services and policy across New York.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public assistance agency ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
aimsTo	support low-income residents of New York State ⓘ support vulnerable and disabled residents of New York State ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
country	United States of America ⓘ
employerType	public sector ⓘ
fundedBy	State of New York budget ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
governs	implementation of state and federal welfare policies in New York State ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	OTDA ⓘ
hasScope	statewide ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://otda.ny.gov/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York
jurisdiction	New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	state agency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Albany County ⓘ surface form: Albany County, New York
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
officialName	New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance self-link ⓘ
operatedBy	Government of the State of New York ⓘ surface form: Government of New York State
partOf	Government of the State of New York ⓘ surface form: New York State government
responsibleFor	Home Energy Assistance Program administration at the state level ⓘ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administration at the state level ⓘ administration of certain federal benefit programs at the state level ⓘ child support enforcement oversight in New York State ⓘ disability assistance programs ⓘ homeless housing and services programs administration ⓘ oversight of local social services districts for temporary assistance programs ⓘ public assistance programs in New York State ⓘ refugee resettlement assistance in New York State ⓘ safety net assistance programs in New York State ⓘ support services for low-income residents ⓘ support services for vulnerable populations ⓘ temporary cash assistance programs ⓘ temporary disability assistance for eligible residents ⓘ
sector	public welfare ⓘ social services ⓘ
serviceProvided	administrative guidance to local social services districts ⓘ benefits administration for disabled individuals ⓘ cash assistance to eligible individuals and families ⓘ policy development for temporary and disability assistance programs ⓘ support services to help residents achieve self-sufficiency ⓘ
shortName	OTDA ⓘ
subsidiaryAgencyOf	New York State executive agencies ⓘ surface form: New York State Executive Department

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York State executive agencies → hasPart → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance → officialName → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance self-link ⓘ

New York State social services commissioner → oversees → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

OTDA → fullName → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

New York State Executive Law → legalBasisFor → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

New York Social Services Law → appliesTo → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York State social services agencies

New York Social Services Law → administeredBy → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ

New York Social Services Law → enforcedBy → New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ⓘ