Young v. Shuart

This article 78 proceeding raises the questions whether (1) the County Commissioner of Social Services has discretion as a matter of policy and without regard to the facts of the particular case to refuse a special grant to an aid to dependent children recipient who claims that she and the children are destitute because cash has been stolen from her and (2) whether the proceeding can be maintained as a class action. The court holds the answer to the first question to be negative and the answer to the second question to be affirmative.

The petition alleges that petitioner is the mother of four…