JIGGETTS v. DOWLING


3 A.D.3d 326 (2004)

771 N.Y.S.2d 78

BARBARA JIGGETTS et al., Respondents, v. MICHAEL DOWLING, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Appellant.

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

January 8, 2004.


This class action for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief was commenced in 1987 on behalf of recipients of public assistance in the form of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) residing in New York City, whose shelter costs exceeded the maximum allowance payable to them under the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) schedules. The Commissioner of the DSS is a defendant herein.

Plaintiffs, in both their original complaint and amended...

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