Ryan v. New York State Department of Social Services

Proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR, inter alia, to annul a determination of respondent New York State Department of Social Services, dated June 7, 1972, which, after a fair hearing, affirmed a prior determination of respondent Nassau County Department of Social Services, dated May 15,1972, discontinuing public assistance payments to petitioner for the benefit of her minor child on the ground that petitioner had failed to comply with a request to assign an interest in a decedent’s estate. Petition granted; determinations of both respondents annulled, on the law, without costs; and…