Freedman v. Blum

OPINION OF THE COURT

Margaret Taylor, J.

Petitioner in this article 78 proceeding is a 20-year-old full-time college student whose public assistance risks being suspended. He got caught in the cracks between the Social Services Law and the implementing regulations with a result that is completely inconsistent both with the law and the Constitution of this State.

Petitioner was 19 years old when in December, 1979 his father stopped making the court-ordered child support payments for him and refused to let petitioner live at home. Thus, involuntarily emancipated, petitioner sought support from…