Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Douglas Ruff Leonard S. Clark for Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Maryellen Weinberg, Peter H. Schiff Daphne Fuller of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of LEE HOPKINS, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Child, ANTHONY HOPKINS, Appellant, v. BARBARA BLUM, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Ser Judgment affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 87 A.D.2d 613) to which we add that, although the notice of denial of benefits was defective for the further reason that it failed to state the regulation supporting the action as required by 45 C.F.R. § 205.10 (a) (4) (i) (B), that defect also was waived by petitioner's counsel's failure to raise the defect at the hearing. Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER and SIMONS.