Dublino v. New York State Department of Social Services

CURTIN, District Judge:

This is an action challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of the New York Social Welfare Law and regulations of the state Department of Social Services, all enacted or adopted within the last year and commonly known as the New York Work Rules. The contested provisions are Sections 131(4) and 164, as amended, 1 and 350-k 2 of the Social Welfare Law, McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 55 and Department of Social Services Administrative Letters, Numbers 71 PWD-34 3 and 71 PWD-43. 4 In brief, the Work Rules establish a presumption that certain recipients of pub-lie…