GRAY v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF N. Y.

No. 69 Civ. 2584.

305 F.Supp. 435 (1969)

Virginia GRAY and Stuart Parker, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated and Welfare Action Group Against Poverty, Inc., on its own behalf and in behalf of its members, and Forest Neighborhood Service Center on its own behalf and in behalf of its members, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, George K. Wyman, as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of the State of New York, and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller as Chief Executor Officer of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Washington, New York City, Robert S. Asher, New York City, of counsel, Morrisania Legal Services, for plaintiffs,

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, for defendants; Irving L. Rollins, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM

BONSAL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are two individuals who receive payments pursuant to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 601-610 (1964, Supp.IV 1965-68), and two voluntary, non-profit organizations composed mainly of AFDC recipients, the majority of whom as the individual plaintiffs, are Negro or Puerto Rican.

Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment and a preliminary injunction...

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