Navarro v. Blum

Determination by the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, dated December 30, 1977, reducing petitioner’s public assistance grant, unanimously annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter remanded for a hearing on petitioner’s current need. Petitioner accepted a $538 rent advance from the New York City Department of Social Services (agency) to avoid imminent eviction, and, as a condition to such grant, agreed in writing to a 10% reduction of her next 20 semimonthly payments under her Aid to Dependent Children grant. (18 NYCRR 352.7 [g] [7].)…