New York v. Lyng

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The State and City of New York and Valerie Rodriguez, on behalf of herself and her children, (appellants), appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cannella, J.), denying their motion for a preliminary injunction against the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Richard E. Lyng (Secretary). Appellants challenge the Secretary’s ruling that the State and City must count an extra public assistance payment — a “restaurant allowance” provided under New York law — as income for the purpose of computing food…