Wagner v. Liddle

In this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, the petitioner, a resident of Chemung County, seeks an order requiring the County Commissioner of Social Services to pay her overdue utilities bill by an emergency grant pursuant to section 350-j of the Social Services Law. Emergency assistance was denied on the grounds that the petitioner’s family was ineligible for Aid to Dependent Children. Additional grounds now urged by the respondents are (1) the need is not a true emergency; (2) the husband refused to accept employment without good cause; (3) the petitioner did not exhaust her…