Schanbarger v. Albany County Social Services Commissioner

— Cross appeals from a judgment of the *698Supreme Court at Special Term (Pennock, J.), entered December 21,1983 in Albany County, which partially granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to direct respondent to furnish petitioner with emergency assistance.

On September 19, 1983, petitioner appeared at respondent’s offices and requested emergency assistance for food, housing and medical care, claiming that he was destitute. Petitioner refused to comply with respondent’s request that he produce identification, asserting that he had no such documents. Respondent…