Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Gregg A. Thomas for Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Clifford A. Royael Robert Hermann of counsel), for Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of JANET JONES, Appellant, v. BARBARA BLUM, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Ser 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.