MARTIN A. v. GROSS


138 Misc.2d 212 (1987)

Martin A. and Others, by Their Mother, Aurora A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. George Gross, Individually and as Administrator of the New York City Human Resources Administration and as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants. Katherine Cosentino et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cesar A. Perales, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

April 27, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia Robinson Lowry, Christopher Hansen and Lucy Billings for Martin A. and others, plaintiffs. Jane Greengold Stevens for Aurora A. and another, plaintiffs in Martin A. Summit Rovins & Feldesman for Pamela C. and another, plaintiffs in Martin A. Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Frederick Schaffer, Grace Goodman, Steven Mosenson and Julie O'Neill of counsel), for George Gross and others, defendants in Martin A. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Maryellen Weinberg, Robert J. Schack and Esther Furman of counsel), for Cesar A. Perales, defendant in Martin A. Ohrenstein & Brown (Mark Bunim and Laurie Burke-Weiss of counsel), for Spence-Chapin Services to Family and Children, defendant. Kalman Finkel, Arthur J. Fried, Steven Banks, Shawn P. Leary, Alan Rosner, John E. Kirklin, Helen Hershkoff, John T. McManus, Foster Maer and White & Case (Kathryn Bedke and Leslie Shad of counsel), for plaintiffs and plaintiffs-intervenors in Cosentino. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert J. Schack and Maryellen Weinberg of counsel), for Cesar A. Perales, defendant in Cosentino. Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Frederick P. Schaffer and Grace Goodman of counsel), for George Gross and others, defendants in Cosentino.


ELLIOTT WILK, J.

The motions in Martin and Bill A. v Gross (Martin and Bill A.) (index No. 24388/85) and Cosentino v Perales (Cosentino) (index No. 43236/85), which challenge defendants' failure to provide sufficient services to avoid the imposition of foster care placement for children, are consolidated for disposition.

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