Viverito v. Smith

LASKER, District Judge.

Among other forms of public assistance, New York State provides aid in the form of shelter allowance to all persons who fall within a certain category of need. N.Y.Soc. Serv.Law § 131-a (McKinney 1976) In August of 1976, in an attempt to distribute limited funds more broadly, New York’s Department of Social Services revised its regulations governing shelter allowance to abandon its previous method of allocation based on individual need in favor of new fixed maxima for each social services district based on family size alone. 18 N.Y.C. R.R. § 352.3(a) (as amended August…