Brown v. Lavine

In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks leave to proceed as a poor person to annul a determination made by respondent Lavine which, after a ‘ ‘ fair hearing” affirmed the determination of respondent Sugar-man to reduce petitioner’s grant of aid to a disabled person by recouping payments made to him to which he was not entitled.

It appears that petitioner is the recipient of aid to disabled. He lives alone and was receiving a semimonthly grant of $107.75. However, unknown to the City Social Service Agency, petitioner also received disability payments of $140 per month from the Veterans’…