Debra VV. v. Johnson

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Office of Children and Family Services which denied petitioner’s application for kinship foster care benefits.

In February 2002, petitioner’s sister had legal custody of her daughter, Sharael (born in 1986), and two of her grandchildren, Jahsiah (born in 2000) and Unyiah (born in 2001). The Albany County Department for Children, Youth and Families (hereinafter CYF) sought emergency removal of the children after caseworkers discovered that…