Brown v. New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.

Plaintiff in this negligence action, Anastasia Joliet Renee Brown, is a minor represented by her adoptive mother Myrtle Brown. Defendant Harlem Dowling-Westside Center for Children and Family Services (HDWC) is an agency that contracts with the City of New York to provide foster care services. Defendant Administration for Children’s Services is a nonjusticiable agency of defendant City of New York, the real party in interest (together the City). HDWC and the City each move for summary judgment and dismissal of the complaint. HDWC relies on…