ALMENARES v. WYMAN

No. 71 Civ. 3503.

334 F.Supp. 512 (1971)

Maria ALMENARES et al., Plaintiffs, v. George K. WYMAN, Commissioner of Social Services for the State of New York, individually and in his official capacity, and Jule Sugarman, Commissioner of Social Services for the City of New York, individually, and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Freedman, Steven J. Cole, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, New York City, for plaintiffs; Lorenzo Casanova, Bronx Legal Services, New York City, Gerald McIntyre, Bronx, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., New York City, Stephen P. Seligman, A. Seth Greenwald, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel, for defendant Wyman.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, Yvette Harmon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Sugarman.


OPINION

PIERCE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action have moved this Court for a preliminary injunction and for an order determining that this action may properly be maintained as a class action pursuant to Rule 23, Fed.R. Civ.P. This suit is brought by recipients of public assistance benefits in the federally-aided program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).1 The defendants are George K. Wyman, the Commissioner...

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