Hylton v. Nyden

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the petition dismissed.

Assuming, without deciding, that the petition should not be dismissed for petitioner’s failure to exhaust her administrative remedies, we conclude that the denial of her application for allowance for baby-sitting fees was not arbitrary or capricious. Petitioner went on the welfare rolls half way through her four-year college career when she had a daughter and became eligible for benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. She is now in full-time attendance in the last two…