Jamroz v. Blum

MEMORANDUM-DECISION

HOWARD G. MUNSON, Chief Judge.

The named plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves, their minor dependent children residing with them, and all persons similarly situated, have instituted a class action, civil rights suit for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief. Their claim is that the defendants’ practice and policy of considering New York State Higher Education Services Corporation [HESC] loans as income under the AFDC program contravenes the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Supremacy Clause, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and various federal…