MTR. OF ADKIN v. BERGER


50 A.D.2d 459 (1976)

In the Matter of Annie Adkin, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Stephen Berger, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Geraldine Ray, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Stephen Berger, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 2.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 22, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel F. Spitzer for Annie Adkin and another, appellants.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Eileen A. Sullivan and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for Stephen Berger, respondent.

Robert Roche, County Attorney (Stanley G. Walker, Jr., of counsel), for John Fahey, respondent.

HERLIHY, P. J., GREENBLOTT, KANE and KOREMAN, JJ., concur.


MAIN, J.

Instituted as class actions, these proceedings were brought to challenge the validity of two regulations of the Department of Social Services (18 NYCRR 352.7 [g] [5] and [7]). At all times relevant therein, these regulations provided for advance payments of public assistance to recipients thereof to prevent, respectively, utility shut-offs and evictions for nonpayment of rent, and said advances on future...

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