Opinion
April 15, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Molloy, J.).
Ordered that on the court's own motion, the petitioner's notice of appeal is treated as an application for leave to appeal, the application is referred to Justice Brown, and leave to appeal is granted by Justice Brown (CPLR 5701 [b] [1]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements (see, Matter of Long v. Perales, 172 A.D.2d 667 [decided herewith]).
We note that the petitioner herein did, in fact, execute a document authorizing the local agency to retain any Supplemental Security Income benefits to which she might be entitled within 180 days of applying for those benefits (see, 18 N.Y.CRR former 370.7 [a] [4]), although that authorization was executed before the application was filed. Thompson, J.P., Brown, Miller and O'Brien, JJ., concur.