Knowles v. Lavine

Memorandum. The judgment of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to Special Term with directions to remand to the respondent State Department of Social Services for a new hearing.

*722Respondent discontinued petitioner’s public assistance grant until she - sells her 1972 automobile and utilizes the resources toward her income. The determination was based on findings that the automobile was not an essential resource because public transportation was available to petitioner and that moneys could be realized from its sale which would either eliminate or…