HARRIS v. WYMAN


60 Misc.2d 1076 (1969)

Brenda Harris, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Children and on Behalf of All Other Persons Residing in this County Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. George K. Wyman, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County.

October 7, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Redlich and Carl Jay Nathanson for plaintiff. Morris H. Schneider, County Attorney (Morton M. Meltzer of counsel), for Joseph S. Barbaro, defendant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Steven M. Hochberg of counsel), for George K. Wyman, defendant.


JOSEPH LIFF, J.

Plaintiff brings this action for herself and her minor children "and on behalf of all other persons residing in this county similarly situated" seeking a judgment declaring unconstitutional section 139-a of the Social Services Law (as amd. by L. 1969, ch. 184, § 8, eff. May 1, 1969). That statute directs that any person who applies for assistance within one year after arriving in the State is presumed to have come here for the purpose...

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