Ross v. Barbaro

Mrs. Geneva Ross, together with her disabled husband and six minor children, are clients of the Nassau County Department of Social Services. Around July 31, 1969, Mrs. Ross, who had just cashed her public assistance check, was concededly robbed of the proceeds of that check, leaving her totally without funds for the month of August. Apparently, she requested emergency assistance from the department, but this request was denied. She thereupon brought this article 78 proceeding that the Commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Social Services (hereinafter the ‘ ‘ Commissioner ”) be…