Dunn v. New York State Department of Labor

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and in junctive relief against the State Department of Labor and its Industrial Commissioner. Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, 1 argue that defendants’ failure to provide prompt administrative hearings of appeals from denials of unemployment insurance benefits amounts to a violation of rights secured to them by the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution, by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 503(a)(1)…