McCOY v. ITHACA HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 80-CV-345.

559 F.Supp. 1351 (1983)

Mary Lou McCOY, on behalf of her husband, and their nine minor children, and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. ITHACA HOUSING AUTHORITY, a municipal housing authority; Mary Louise Battisti, as Executive Director of the Ithaca Housing Authority, Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services; and Robert Wagner, as Commissioner of the Tompkins County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

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

March 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strom, Masson & Pozner, Cornell Legal Aid, Ithaca, N.Y., for plaintiff; Barry Strom, Robin Abrahamson Masson, Ithaca, N.Y., of counsel.

Van Lengen, Sanford, Papworth & Trespasz, Syracuse, N.Y., for defendants Ithaca Housing Authority and Mary Louise Battisti; John T. Papworth, Syracuse, N.Y., of counsel.

Rochelle Q. Alexander, Social Services Atty., Ithaca, N.Y., for defendant Wagner Tompkins County Dept. of Social Services.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., for defendant Blum; James McSparron, Richard J. Freshour, Asst. Attys. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, Chief Judge.

FACTS

Plaintiff Mary Lou McCoy and her family live in Tompkins County, New York and are recipients of public assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program [AFDC]. At the time of the commencement of this action, plaintiff and her family resided in an apartment operated by defendant Ithaca Housing Authority, a federally funded public housing authority. In addition to her AFDC...

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