Ingram v. Fahey

The petitioner seeks an order, pursuant to CPLR article 78, directing respondent Fahey to provide him with an emergency grant to pay an overdue utility bill to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Further, petitioner seeks judgment against respondent Lavine, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, .requiring him to promptly advise local social services districts that emergency assistance must be provided, upon proper proof of need, to destitute recipients of supplemental security income (Federal program of SSI promulgated January 1, 1974) when they are threatened…