Section 146 - Penalty for the sale or exchange of assistance supplies1. Any person who shall sell or exchange supplies or articles furnished him as assistance or care by any public welfare official or employee of the public welfare district, or dispose of them in any other way than as directed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.2. Any person who purchases any article knowing it to have been furnished to any person as assistance or care shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 146