If I have been receiving temporary assistance for a year while waiting for my social security to come through can social services take any of it?

Yes, they're going to want to be paid back for your grant money. But if you don't get it, they're not going to take you to court for it. It just counts against the time you can get PA.

As far as I know they can not take from your ssi but that is Pennsylvania and NY is far different on their law's

Yes sir. They will take what you have received thus far.