Jiggetts v. Dowling

—Judgment, Supreme *145Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered September 5, 1997, which, inter alia, declared that the shelter allowance for New York City recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is contrary to law because not reasonably related to the cost of housing in New York City, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

According the trial court’s findings of fact appropriate deference (see, Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., 80 NY2d 490, 495), a fair interpretation of the evidence supports its findings that the shelter allowance schedule for AFDC recipients living in…