Opinion
Argued February 8, 1985
Decided March 19, 1985
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, Charles B. Swartwood, J.
Gregg A. Thomas for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Clifford A. Royael and Robert Hermann of counsel), for Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, respondent.
Order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Leonard A. Weiss at the Appellate Division ( 101 A.D.2d 330).
Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER.