Jackson v. Blum

— Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent State commissioner, dated November 3, 1980 and made after a statutory fair hearing, which affirmed a determination of the local agency to reduce petitioner’s grant of public assistance on behalf of herself and one minor child on the ground that petitioner had unilaterally decided to reduce her net applicable income by claiming for tax withholding purposes one exemption less than the number of permissible tax exemptions. Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or…