Opinion
February 29, 2000
Determination of respondent Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services dated June 22, 1997, which, after a fair hearing, affirmed the determination of respondent New York City Human Resources Administration discontinuing petitioner's public assistance and medical benefits for 90 days and until such time as she is willing to comply with employment requirements, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County [Kenneth Thompson, Jr., J.], entered on or about March 5, 1998) dismissed, without costs.
Pro Se, for Petitioner.
Michael B. Siller and Edward F.X. Hart, for Respondents.
ROSENBERGER, J.P., MAZZARELLI, ELLERIN, RUBIN, ANDRIAS, JJ.
Respondent's determination that petitioner willfully and without good cause failed to comply with eligibility requirements for the continuance of public assistance benefits was supported by substantial evidence, including petitioner's own testimony at a fair hearing conducted on July 15, 1997 (see, Riviera v. Wing, 248 A.D.2d 153).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.