Tormos v. Hammons
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered January 14, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from, required New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) to pay $10,000, or one-half the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded to petitioner pursuant to *435CPLR 8601, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the allocation of attorneys’ fees against City DSS is vacated, and respondent New York State Department of Social Services is liable for the entire $20,000 award.
We agree with the IAS Court’s determination that petitioner, as the prevailing…
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