This guide to immigrant entitlements for New York City agencies serving immigrants reflects major changes in immigration law and entitlements law since 1985. The guide focuses on programs administered by the City of New York, but also includes information about some state and federal programs. The guide identifies the following: (1) government programs available to New York City's immigrants; (2) categories of immigrants who are eligible for benefits; (3) documents needed to prove eligibility; and (4) laws, regulations, and administrative guidelines governing each entitlement. The following financial and insurance programs are included: (1) Supplemental Security Income (SSI); (2) income maintenance programs, including Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Home Relief, Emergency Assistance to Adults, and Emergency Assistance to Families; (3) Medicaid; (4) Food Stamps; (5) Medicare; and (6) Unemployment Insurance. The following service programs are included: (1) Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); (2) Human Resources Administration; (3) Department of Employment; (4) Department of the Aging; (5) City University of New York (CUNY); (6) Housing Authority; (7) Board of Education; (8) Health and Hospitals Corporation; (9) Department of Health; and (10) Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services. A synopsis of the laws and regulations governing immigrant entitlements, a glossary, and a timeline showing the evolution of alien entitlement restrictions since 1972 are included. (FMW)