Steward v. Krauskopf

Gibbons, J., dissents and votes to grant the petition to the extent of annulling the determination under review and directing the respondents to reinstate the grant of public assistance in question, retroactively to the date of termination, with the following memorandum:

The petitioner and her two children were recipients of public assistance in the form of aid to dependent children (ADC). On June 18, 1981 the New York City Department of Social Services (the local agency) determined to discontinue petitioner’s grant of public assistance on the ground that her husband, the father of her two…