Glasgold v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

By commencing a series of individual actions over a period of several years, plaintiffs have launched a wholesale attack on the federal, state and county governments’ calculation of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program. Plaintiffs advance federal and New York State constitutiónal and statutory challenges to the program, and further contend that the program is not administered in accordance with the statutory framework.

At the heart of plaintiffs’ case is the effect of “in-kind” income on the amount of their benefits. Plaintiffs…