French v. Blum

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered May 20, 1980 in Tompkins County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, annulled a determination of respondent Commissioner of the State Department of Social Services reducing petitioner’s monthly grant of public assistance. Petitioner is a recipient of public assistance under the home relief provisions of the Social Services Law (see Social Services Law, § 157), and during the period at issue here her total budgeted needs were assessed at $224 per month. Her monthly public assistance grant under the home…