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JIGGETTS v. DOWLING

261 A.D.2d 144 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 482

BARBARA JIGGETTS et al., Respondents, and MILAGROS ALICEA et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. MICHAEL DOWLING, as Social Services Commissioner of the State of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants, 1711 DAVIDSON AVENUE HDFC et al., Intervenors-Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 6, 1999.

According the trial court's findings of fact appropriate deference (see, Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., 80 N.Y.2d 490, 495), a fair interpretation of the evidence supports its findings that the shelter allowance schedule for AFDC recipients living in New York City bears no reasonable relation to the cost of housing in the City, and that there is a direct correlation between the inadequate shelter allowances and homelessness. As such...

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