Komanko v. Perales

Proceeding *1001pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Broome County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of the State Department of Social Services which allotted petitioner food stamp benefits of $10 per month.

In September 1982, petitioner applied for food stamps and indicated on her application that Leonard Briggs, with whom she shared an apartment, was a member of her household. The Broome County Department of Social Services determined that petitioner and Briggs were a single “household” for food stamp…