Oswego County Department of Social Services v. Toia

Petitioner has moved at Special Term pursuant to CPLR article 78 for a judicial review of an order issued by respondent after a fair hearing on the grounds that the said order and decision were arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, unsupported by substantial evidence and involved errors of law, seeking that the said order and decision be reversed and annulled and that petitioner’s denial for public assistance to the applicant, Tammy Cody, be affirmed.

Tammy J. Cody, age 16, applied for public assistance on December 13, 1976. She had resided from the time of her birth with her natural…