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RIVERS v. SCHWEIKER

No. 79 Civ. 2407 (KTD).

523 F.Supp. 783 (1981)

Frederick RIVERS, et al., Plaintiffs, and Rita Carlson, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, individually and as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

As Amended August 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kalman Finkel, John E. Kirklin, Director of Litigation, The Legal Aid Society, John P. Cunningham, David Goldfarb, Joan F. Mangones, John T. McManus, New York City, for plaintiffs and plaintiffs-intervenors; Arthur J. Fried, Kathleen A. Masters, Stuart Miller, Jeffrey Abrandt, Mary Ellen Klein, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N. Y., New York City, for defendant Blum; Marion R. Buchbinder, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for municipal defendant; Mark Schwartz and Henry Adler, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this class action are recipients of federal Supplemental Security Income [hereinafter "SSI"] who, prior to their receipt of SSI, applied for and received "interim assistance" from the New York City Department of Social Services [hereinafter "NYCDSS"]. Plaintiffs challenge the administration of the interim assistance program in New York City contending that certain of defendants' policies and practices...

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