BROWNLEY v. DOAR


44 A.D.3d 313 (2007)

842 N.Y.S.2d 436

DORIS BROWNLEY et al., Appellants, v. ROBERT DOAR, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided October 2, 2007.


Plaintiffs and the proposed intervenors, who are aid recipients under the state Safety Net Assistance (SNA) program, lack standing to challenge the adequacy of shelter allowances pursuant to Social Services Law § 350 (1) (a). Canons of statutory construction and a review of the pertinent legislative history establish that the adequacy requirement contained in section 350 (1) (a) was intended to apply to the state Family Assistance (FA) program but not to SNA, for which...

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