NAFZIGER v. BLUM

Nos. 80-CV-623, 80-CV-678.

551 F.Supp. 705 (1982)

Lori NAFZIGER, Individually, on behalf of her dependent son, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Barbara BLUM, Individually and in her capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services; and S. Jean Wagoner, Individually and in her capacity as Commissioner of the Jefferson County Department of Social Services, Defendants. Angela CURRY, on behalf of herself and her minor dependent child and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Barbara BLUM, Individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner, New York State Department of Social Services; and Michael Nassar, Individually and in his capacity as Commissioner, Oneida County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

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

June 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onondaga Neighborhood Legal Services, Syracuse, N.Y., and Legal Aid Society of Oneida County, Utica, N.Y., for plaintiffs Nafziger, Curry, the plaintiff class; Maurie Heins, Syracuse, N.Y., Michael Bagge, Utica, N.Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. for the State of N.Y., Albany, N.Y., for defendant Blum; James McSparron, C. Michael Reger, Asst. Attys. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.

V. Michael Liccione, Oneida County Dept. of Social Services, Law Dept., Utica, N.Y., for defendant Nassar.

J.T. King, Jefferson County Dept. of Social Services, Law Dept., Watertown, N.Y., for defendant Wagoner.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, District Judge.

These consolidated cases present the second chapter in the saga of New York State's efforts to superimpose its family responsibility laws on the federal criteria governing eligibility for benefits under the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program set forth in Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq.1 At issue here is an...

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