Legal Opinion
Baez v. Bane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 24, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenberger, J.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a Federal program which was enacted in 1972 to provide financial assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled (42 USC §§ 1381-1383). Congress designed SSI to provide uniform Federal cash assistance, replacing former State-administered programs affording similar, but less comprehensive relief to the same population of qualified recipients. Because the processing of an SSI application often takes a substantial period of time, however, many States, such as New York, have retained their own programs to provide financial…
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