Majority
p. 742Argued January 9, 1980; decided February 7, 1980
Irwin Kupferman et al., Doing Business as the Garnerville Home for Adults, Appellants, v New York State Board of Social Welfare et al., Respondents.
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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Michael T. Wallender for appellants.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (William J. Kogan and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondents.
Charles J. Hynes, Deputy Attorney-General (Valarie Bacon and Hillel Hoffman of counsel), amicus curiae.
Leonard S. Clark and John F. Castellano for Josephine Andrews and others, amici curiae.
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice Louis M. Greenblott at the Appellate Division ( 66 AD2d 540 ).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.