HAYES v. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Nos. 77 Civ. 5476 (ADS), 79 Civ. 2433 (ADS) and 80 Civ. 2613 (ADS).

503 F.Supp. 946 (1980)

Ms. Barbara HAYES, Ms. Cerise Jones, Ms. Marion Brown, Ms. Regina Campbell, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, a body corporate; Robert J. Kibbee, Chancellor of the City University of New York; Leo A. Corbie, University Dean for Special Programs; Human Resource Administration of the City of New York; Stanley Brezenoff, Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration; Howard Miller, Jr., Budget Director of the State of New York; Arthur N. Gordon, Acting Director of the New York City Audit Bureau; New York State Department of Social Services; Barbara B. Blum, Commissioner of New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants. Ana VILLANUEVA, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services; and Stanley Brezenoff, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Defendants. Carmen WARREN and Michelle Warren, Plaintiffs, v. Stanley BREZENOFF, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services; Barbara Blum, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services; Patricia Roberts Harris, Individually and as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Ernest L. Boyer, Individually and as Commissioner of the Office of Education; and Shirley Hufstedler, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Education, Defendants.

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

On Motion for Stay Pending Appeal January 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Hairston, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, for plaintiffs, Barbara Hayes, Cerise Jones, Marion Brown, Regina Campbell.

John C. Gray, Jr., Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. B, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff, Ana Villanueva by Gretchen L. Sprague, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Janet M. Calvo, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs, Carmen Warren & Michelle Warren.

John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. New York, New York City, for the Federal defendants by Richard Papper, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for the State defendants by Robert A. Forte, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel, City of New York, New York City, for the City defendants by Judith A. Levitt, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City.

Laura Blank, Bd. of Higher Ed., New York City, for defendant City University of New York.


SOFAER, District Judge:

These consolidated cases arise out of a complex array of statutes and regulations that regulate the level at which students on welfare, or from families on welfare, are to be supported by public funds. The New York State Department of Social Services ("DSS") contends that some welfare students and their families receive more than they need under relevant welfare standards. DSS therefore seeks to reduce the support given such students by the...

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