N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 525.11
(b) A request for an emergency award may be approved if it appears to the office that such claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made and undue hardship will result to the claimant if immediate payment is not made. The determination by the office of an emergency award request shall include, at a minimum, the consideration of: