Auguste v. Wing

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered on or about July 1, 1996, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, directed respondents to restore petitioner’s public assistance benefits at their pretermination level for the period August 1986 to April 22, 1992 less any cash benefits received during that period, and awarded petitioner attorneys’ fees, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to the extent of denying petitioner attorneys’ fees, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Respondent State agency’s decision is arbitrary and capricious insofar as…