Rosado v. Wyman

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us for the second time upon the complaint of plaintiffs, *621who are welfare recipients, that the New York State welfare program does not comply with the requirements of section 402(a) (23) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(23) (1969). The history of the extensive prior proceedings is fully set forth in the earlier opinions of this panel, 414 F.2d 170, and of the Supreme Court, 397 U.S. 397, 90 S.Ct. 1207, 25 L.Ed.2d 442, and familiarity with them will be assumed. Briefly, the Supreme Court held that on July 1, 1969, defendants-appellants,…