BROWNLEY v. DOAR


11 Misc.3d 615 (2006)

811 N.Y.S.2d 894

DORIS BROWNLEY et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Their Minor Children and All Those Who Are Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT DOAR, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

January 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotschal & Manges, LLP, New York City (Adam K. Grant of counsel), and Legal Aid Society (Susan C. Bahn, Brooklyn, and Scott Rosenberg, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Roy A. Esnard of counsel), for Robert Doar, defendant.

Horing Welikson & Rosen, P.C., Williston Park (Daniel Roskoff of counsel), for Denyse Roberts, defendant.

Cohen, Hurkin, Ehrenfeld, Pomerantz & Tenenbaum, Brooklyn (Marybeth Hotaling of counsel), for 2239 Creston Avenue Co., LLC, defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

KARLA MOSKOWITZ, J.

This action relates to the long-running dispute over allowances for rent subsidies between indigent families with children and the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA or defendant), formerly the State Department of Social Services. In this case, Doris Brownley and Janee Nelson (plaintiffs), both single mothers, seek a preliminary injunction to stay their imminent eviction from homes...

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