Jones v. Kurtis

Application by petitioner in an article 78 proceeding to review a determination of the Department of Social Services which, after a fair hearing, denied her request for an additional grant of home relief. No question of fact has been raised and the sole issue to be determined is whether respondent is required to replace furniture in petitioner’s apartment.

Petitioner and her 4 children live in a four-room apartment in Mount Vernon and have been recipients of public assistance since sometime in 1968. Petitioner’s emancipated daughter, Ida Jones, and her 7 children (petitioner’s grandchildren)…