Knudsen v. Nassau County Department of Social Services

In this article 78 proceeding, Thomas and Carol Knudsen challenge three determinations of the Nassau County Department of ¡Social Services.

We will treat these in series.(1) Denial of emergency assistance to replace clothing of the Knudsen’s four children, Dorene, Thomas, Donna, and Christine, which Iwas destroyed by parasitic pinworms. As pertinent to this proceeding, subdivision 3 of section 350-j of the Social Services Law provides: ‘ ‘ Emergency assistance to needy families with children shall be provided in accordance with the regulations of the department for children who are without…