Matter of Baines v. Berlin

Appeal from order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered on or about January 30, 2012, after a hearing, inter alia, annulling respondent New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Decision After Fair Hearing, dated August 31, 2011, which discontinued petitioner’s emergency shelter temporary housing assistance, and awarding petitioner attorneys’ fees as the prevailing party, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.

Petitioner’s move, with her family, into permanent housing rendered this appeal moot insofar as any…