Raitport v. New York City Department of Social Services

—Determination of respondent New York State Department of Social Services dated October 6, 1997, which, after a fair hearing, affirmed respondent New York City Department of Social Services’ determination denying petitioner’s application for emergency assistance to pay rent arrears, *224unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Barbara Kapnick, J.], entered March 25, 1998) dismissed, without costs.

Petitioner states that he is 71 years old and suffers from a number of…