In the Matter of Bruce M. Levy. Joseph W. Levy, Appellant City of New York, In the Matter of Bruce M. Levy. Joseph…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Family Court orders directing parents of non‑blind, non‑deaf handicapped children to pay maintenance costs, holding that the statutory distinction is constitutionally permissible under the rational basis standard. The Court rejected the appellants' equal‑protection challenges both to the blind/deaf exemption and to the geographic limitation of the statute.