Court Opinion

ID: 5808889
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 18:42:50.783263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:42:47.868544
License: Public Domain

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of respondent Lavine, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, dated October 23, 1974 and made after a fair hearing, which affirmed a determination of respondent Dumpson (1) terminating petitioner’s grant of home relief and (2) denying his application for such aid, petitioner appeals, as limited by his notice of appeal and brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered April 8, 1975, as dismissed the proceeding. Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, without costs and disbursements, determination annulled, and matter remitted to the respondent State commissioner for a new hearing and determination. The proof adduced at the hearing does not sustain the finding that petitioner willfully concealed income. His conviction, occurring subsequent to the decision after the hearing, likewise constitutes inadequate proof to sustain such finding. Under the circumstances, a new hearing is warranted. Martuscello, Acting P. J., Latham, Margett, Rabin and Hawkins, JJ., concur.