Maria PEREZ et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Abe LAVINE, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, and Jule M. Sugarman, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Defendants.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 22, 1974.
July 22, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., New York City (Marttie L. Thompson, Michael A. O'Connor, New York City, of counsel); Bronx Legal Services Corporation "A", Bronx, New York, (James R. Potter, New York City, of counsel); Bronx Legal Services Corporation "B", Bronx, New York, (Rina Biaggi Morales, Bronx Legal Services, Corp. C., Bronx, N.Y., of counsel); Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, New York City (Steven J. Cole, Adele M. Blong, New York City, of counsel) for plaintiffs.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York (Burton Herman, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel) for defendant Lavine.
Adrian P. Burke, Corp. Counsel, New York City (Gayle S. Redford, Gregory D. Frost, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Sugarman.
Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, New York City (Jeremiah S. Gutman, New York City, of counsel) for New York Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae.
Michael Ira Stolzar, New York City, for various welfare agencies as amici curiae.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.
BAUMAN, District Judge.
Before the court is the latest in a continuing succession of challenges to the manner in which New York administers its welfare programs. The named plaintiffs are either applicants for or recipients of public assistance1 whose cases are assigned to the eleven welfare centers in the Bronx. Their complaint broadly attacks existing conditions at these facilities; it alleges that each of these centers now handles a...
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