Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Inc. v. Weinberger

I agree that the complaint here should be dismissed. This is not on the ground that plaintiff’s case lacks merit, although it doubtless does, but because it should not be in the courts at all. The sole point at issue is whether federal funds devoted to remedying the educational problems of poor children in Glen Cove, Long Island, should be channeled through plaintiff NCEOC, “a community action agency”, or directly to defendant GCD, a day care center, as HEW has directed. What we have here, as the majority recognizes, is simply a power struggle between two arms of the State of New York. There…