Casid v. Prinzo

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent State Commissioner of Social Services which, inter alia, discontinued petitioner’s public assistance benefits.

Petitioner was a recipient of Medicaid, home relief and food stamps. In February 1995, the Albany County Department of Social Services (hereinafter DSS) designated petitioner as an employable public assistance recipient eligible to participate in the "Work Through Independence” program (hereinafter WTD, one of several JOBS…