Bates v. Blum

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Sinclair, J.) entered July 22, 1980 denying petitioner’s application to vacate the determination of the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services rendered after fair hearing, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and the petition granted, the determination annulled and the matter remanded to the commissioner for a new fair hearing. We note at the outset that upon the argument we were informed that Barbara Bates, *564the petitioner in this proceeding, had died subsequent to the filing of…