Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed.
Memorandum:
The judgment should be reversed because the State Commissioner of Social Services, a necessary party, was not joined in the article 78 proceeding below. If this article 78 proceeding be viewed as one in the nature of certiorari to review the State Commissioner's determination, failure to join him in the proceeding below was fatal. His determination was binding on the local public...
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