Section 144-A. Information to be given to officials of the department and of social services districts

Any   inconsistent   provision  of  law
  notwithstanding, if requested by an  authorized  representative  of  the
  department  or  by  an  official  of  any  town,  city  or county who is
  responsible for administering a program authorized by this chapter,  the
  officials  of any banking or financial organization or institution doing
  business in the state whether chartered under state law, federal law, or
  the laws of another jurisdiction, shall  furnish  to  such  governmental
  officials  such  information  as  such  officials have as to whether any
  present applicant for or recipient of any assistance, care  or  services
  authorized  by  this  chapter,  has  or  had  funds, securities or other
  property on deposit or in the  custody  of  such  banking  or  financial
  organization  or  institution, and the amount or probable value thereof.
  Such information shall be provided, to the extent  practicable,  in  the
  format specified by such governmental officials (except that any banking
  or  financial institution may discharge its obligation by supplying such
  matching information  on  cartridge,  tape  or  diskette  media  in  the
  American   National  Standard  Code  for  Information  Interchange  file
  format).  These provisions shall be inclusive of and in addition to  the
  provisions  of  section  four of the banking law and may be administered
  and enforced in any  manner  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this
  chapter  or  in any other manner authorized or permitted by the laws and
  courts of this state.