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U.S. EX REL. GRABER v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 93 Civ. 8984 DC.

8 F.Supp.2d 343 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Bracha GRABER, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, The Human Resources Administration of the City of New York, The Department of Social Services of the City of New York, The Child Welfare Administration of the City of New York, The State of New York, and The State Department of Social Services, Defendants.

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

June 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., by Glenn C. Colton, James L. Cott, M. Chinta Gaston, Kathy S. Marks, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for the United States.

Morrison & Foerster, by Carl H. Loewenson, Jr., William E. Zuckerman, New York, NY, for the relator.

Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, by Marjorie B. Landa, Hilary B. Klein, Melvin L. Goldberg, Gail Rubin, Assistant Corporation Counsels, New York, NY, for the city defendants.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, by Vincent Leong, Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY, for the state defendants.

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this qui tam action, the United States of America accuses the City of New York (the "City"), the State of New York (the "State"), and various city and state agencies of committing welfare fraud. Seeking to invoke the False Claims Act, a 135-year-old statute originally enacted in response to rampant overbilling by Civil War defense contractors, the United States sues...

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