Brukhman v. Giuliani

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jane S. Solomon, J.

" 'A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work’: it is as just a *29demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.” (Carlyle, Past and Present, book I, ch 3.)1

This dispute centers on a claim by welfare recipients that they are not receiving fair economic credit for work they perform in exchange for their public assistance grants.

The named plaintiffs are recipients of Home Relief (HR)2 or Aid to Families with Dependent Children (ADC)3 who have been assigned to the Work Experience Program (WEP), under the aegis of the New York…