Lisnitzer v. Zucker

Plaintiff Leslie Lisnitzer ("Lisnitzer") brings this putative class action for declaratory and injunctive relief against officials of the New York State Department of Health ("DOH") and New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ("OTDA"), challenging the legality of an alleged statewide policy and practice in New York under which the state terminates fair hearing appeals of local agency decisions denying Medicaid benefits by reversing and remanding those matters back to local agencies rather than determining eligibility for Medicaid benefits by a definitive and final fair…