FLOYD WILLIAMS, ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, RESPONDENT.
SAM JIMPERSON, ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, RESPONDENT.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 25, 1988.
Decided November 15, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Shirley Brandman, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate argued the cause on behalf of appellants in the first captioned matter (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney, Shirley Brandman, Richard E. Shapiro, Director of the Division of Public Interest Advocacy and David G. Sciarra, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, on the brief).
Harris David argued the cause on behalf of appellants in the second captioned matter (Legal Services of New Jersey by David, Melville, D. Miller Jr., and Nancy Goldhill, attorneys; Essex-Newark Legal Services by Richard Foard, attorney; Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services by Connie Pascale, attorney; Hunterdon County Legal Services by Jane Herchenroder, attorney; Middlesex County Legal Services by Joyce Helfman, attorney; Harris David on the brief).
Thomas Fodice, Corporation Counsel, attorney for City of Jersey City filed a letter brief as amicus curiae.
Dennis J. Conklin, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Department of Human Services (W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General, attorney, William Harla, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Dennis J. Conklin, on the brief).
Before Judges PRESSLER, O'BRIEN and SCALERA.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by SCALERA, J.A.D.
This action involves the efforts of destitute, sick and disabled homeless citizens to compel the State, through the Department of Human Services (DHS), to grant them, in their plight, continued assistance in obtaining adequate shelter.
Appellants are all recipients of funds under the General Public Assistance Law, N.J.S.A. 44:8-107, et seq. (GA). The monthly grant under GA has been established...
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