Podrazik v. Blum

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

JAMES T. FOLEY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Gail Podrazik, a recipient of public assistance under the Federal Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program, 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq., brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief requesting certification of the suit as a class action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a) and (b)(2). In the complaint, she seeks a declaratory judgment that defendants’ policy of denying AFDC benefits to plaintiff and the purported class in reliance on N.Y.Soc. Serv.Law §§ 106 and 360…