Colon v. Wyman

Louis B. Heller,, J.

In this article 78 proceeding against the Commissioner of Social Services, petitioner seeks an order reversing the fair hearing decision and directing the respondent to issue an emergency grant to replace furniture and clothing stolen from her apartment when it was burglarized while she was in the hospital and her minor children were absent from the apartment.

Petitioner and her four children, ages 10, 8, 5 and 3, have been recipients of public assistance under aid-to-dependent-children from the New York State Department of Social Services. Her request for an emergency fair…