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MATTER OF BOLDEN v. BLUM

48 N.Y.2d 946 (1979)

In the Matter of Annie Bolden, Appellant, v. Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Casey, David L. Posner, Joan E. Schmukler and Henry Friedman for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Carl E. Stephan and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG. Judge MEYER dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge GABRIELLI concurs.

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice J. CLARENCE HERLIHY at the Appellate Division (68 A.D.2d 600).

MEYER, J. (dissenting).

The judgment of Special Term should be reinstated. There is no question that the Boldens qualify as a "needy" family under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. The sole issue on this appeal is whether they are "categorically related...

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