Kelly v. Wing

Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from a judgment dismissing his CPLR article 78 petition challenging a determination of the Department of Social Services suspending petitioner’s Home Relief and Medicaid benefits for 180 days as a consequence of petitioner’s failure to attend a work experience interview. Petitioner contends that the public assistance of a "recipient” may not be suspended as a consequence of his failure, while still an "applicant” for such assistance, to comply with such requirement. There is no merit to that contention. Social…