Case Name: Clarence Gaines, as Executor of Janie Gaines, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of New York et al., Defendants. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, Claimant-Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-06-01
Citations: 29 N.Y.3d 1003
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clarence Gaines, as Executor of Janie Gaines, Deceased, Respondent, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, Claimant-Appellant.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia and Wilson.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 1003–1005

Head Matter:
[76 NE3d 289, 53 NYS3d 878]
Clarence Gaines, as Executor of Janie Gaines, Deceased, Respondent, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, Claimant-Appellant.
Decided June 1, 2017
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York City {Eric Lee, Richard Bearing, Claude S. Platton and Michael J. Pastor of counsel), for appellant.
Law Offices of Stack & Associates, PLLC, New York City {Tamara L. Stack of counsel), and Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh {James W. Shuttleworth, III of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative. Under the circumstances of this case, a valid supple mental needs trust was never effected. Claimant did not argue before Supreme Court that the trust was not a lifetime trust governed by EPTL 7-1.17 and 7-1.18. That argument is, therefore, unpreserved for our review.
Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia and Wilson.