FOLSOM v. BLUM

No. 79 Civ. 6135 (KTD).

554 F.Supp. 828 (1982)

Amanda FOLSOM, individually and on behalf of her minor grandchildren and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Barbara BLUM, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et ano., Defendants.

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

December 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCabe & Mack, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for plaintiffs; David C. Posner, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., of counsel.

David Goldfarb, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for Phyllis Figueroa, Mary Roberts and Victoria Rodriguez; Ian F. Feldman, New York City, of counsel.

Mark H. Spires, Queens Legal Services Corp., Jamaica, N.Y., for Delphine Frazier; Wayne G. Hawley, Jamaica, N.Y., of counsel.

MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York City, for Angelina Spain, Carmen Sanchez, Zenaida Indio, Blanche Shubrick and Ana Felix; Irving J. Weitzman, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, New York City, Atty. Gen., for defendant Blum; Frederick Mehlman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

S. Richard Gross, Liberty, N.Y., for defendant O'Connor.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, New York City, for James A. Krauskopf, Com'r, City of New York, Dept. of Social Services; Joseph M. Armstrong, New York City, Solomon Malach, Bronx, N.Y., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs move to hold defendants Barbara Blum, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services and James A. Krauskopf, Commissioner of the City of New York Department of Social Services in contempt of court for their failure to comply with the judgment in Folsom v. Blum, 87 F.R.D. 443 (S.D.N.Y.1980) (KTD). In that decision, I invalidated defendants' practice of reducing...

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