Daisy CANADAY, Lucy Roman, Melinda Panell, Teresa Rodriguez and Rebecca Booker, on behalf of themselves and their children and other dependent minors in their care, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and The Coalition For the Homeless, Plaintiffs,
v.
Edward I. KOCH, as Mayor of the City of New York, George S. Vernez, as Acting Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration, and Cesar A. Perales, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants.
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December 17, 1984.
December 17, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., Nadine Strossen, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jay Greenfield, Coalition for the Homeless, Robert Hayes, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Lillian Z. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for Perales.
Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Law Dept., Antonia Levine, New York City, for Koch and Vernez.
United States District Court, E.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
Plaintiffs1 bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, the Social Security Act, the New York Social Services Law and the New York City Code of Rules and Regulations, challenging defendants' alleged failure to provide lawful emergency housing to homeless families with children. Defendants have moved to dismiss...
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