Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. Perales
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 1996PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Can New York require that applicants for emergency public assistance benefits to pay utility bills be "tenants of record” (meaning that they have primary responsibility for making monthly rent or mortgage payments on the dwelling units for which they seek public funds)? We conclude that New York’s tenant of record requirement accords with both the Federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) (42 USC § 8621 et seq.; Social Services Law § 97) and New York’s own State-funded emergency energy program for recipients of public assistance (Social…
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