Pringle v. Nassau County Department of Social Services

The petitioner herein seeks by an article 78 (CPLR) proceeding to obtain public assistance from the respondent Nassau County Department of Social Services, which has denied that assistance for 30 days on the ground that petitioner is “ a person who * * * without good cause * * * refuse [d] to accept referral to and work in employment ” (emphasis supplied), and therefore is “disqualified from receiving assistance for 30 days thereafter and until such time as he is willing to comply with the requirements of this Part” (18 NYCRR 385.7[a][2][i]).

The refusal to accept employment is not willful if…