New York State Social Services Law, ss.20(d) authorizes the Department of Social Services to supervise local social service districts. Each county represents one district while New York City's five counties are consolidated into a single district. The Local District Liaison Unit serves as the primary contact between the local districts and the Department's various divisions. All directives, policies, regulatory changes, and other information is passed from the Department to local districts through this unit. The unit is located with the Commissioner's office because of its central function. Previous organizational structures of the Department and its predecessor, the Department of Social Welfare, identified the unit as the Policy Communications Unit, the Directives Systems Unit, or the Administrative Communications Unit. Regardless of the name changes, the functions of the unit have remained the same.
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