VELASQUEZ v. PERALES


122 Misc.2d 185 (1983)

Zoraida Velasquez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Cesar I. Perales, as Commissioner of the State of New York Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

November 30, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Goldfarb, Stephen Loffredo, Ian F. Feldman and Stuart Miller for plaintiff. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Daphne A. Fuller of counsel), for defendants.


ALLEN MURRAY MYERS, J.

In this action, plaintiff challenges the defendants' policy of denying all cash public assistance to employed applicants when the applicants' gross income exceeds 150% of the statutory standard of need as calculated by the defendants. Concededly, the defendants are acting pursuant to the authority of section 131-a (subd 10, par [a]) of the Social Services Law which was enacted to implement the Federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation...

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