Castro v. Department of Social Services

Decision by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, dated June 12, 2007, which, after a fair hearing, upheld the determination of respondent New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) to discontinue public assistance benefits for petitioner’s failure to appear at a mandatory appointment for evaluation of work activity, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and this CPLR article 78 proceeding (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Jane S. Solomon, J.], entered October 1, 2007), dismissed, without costs.

There was substantial evidence to…