Macheski v. Commissioner of New York State Department of Social Services

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Greene County) to review a determination of respondent State Commissioner of Social Services which sustained a termination in petitioner’s medical assistance coverage.

Petitioner, an elderly woman suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, challenges a determination by respondent State Commissioner of Social Services, made after a fair hearing, to discontinue her medical assistance benefits because her household income had excess resources in the amount of $18,026.46. The instant…