ROTHSTEIN v. WYMAN

No. 69 Civ. 2763.

357 F.Supp. 1057 (1972)

Edna ROTHSTEIN et al., Plaintiffs, v. George K. WYMAN, as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of the State of New York, and the Department of Social Services of the State of New York, Defendants.

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

February 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, by Norman B. Lichtenstein, White Plains, N. Y., Leonard S. Clark, Westbury, N. Y., by Burr C. Hollister, Mineola, N. Y., Nassau County Law Services Committee, Inc., M. James Spitzer, Jr., National Welfare Rights Organization, New York City, Edward V. Sparer, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, by Amy Juviler and Michael Colodner, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, for defendants.


MOTLEY, District Judge.

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Defendants move to alter the judgment of this court entered February 8, 1972. They seek to eliminate the provisions of the order directing payment of retroactive benefits to persons unlawfully denied public assistance for a number of months in 1969. The ground for this motion is that the administrative cost of computing and distributing the retroactive benefits...

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