Jiggetts v. Dowling

OPINION OF THE COURT

Karla Moskowitz, J.

These motions, numbers 98 and 100, seeking intervention and temporary relief are consolidated for disposition. In this long running case that this court has presided over since its inception and that is now posttrial, two mothers seek to intervene on behalf of themselves and their families, requesting that this court stay their imminent eviction from homes where they have resided for many years. They claim that Social Services Law § 350 (1) (a), the decision of the New York State Court of Appeals in Jiggetts v Grinker (75 NY2d 411 [1990]) and this…