Welfare Benefits Officer Gets Job Back After Online Comments

New York State must reinstate a welfare benefits hearing officer, who went without pay and was transferred out of his position because of negative comments he made on Facebook about benefits recipients, a federal judge said.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York determined New York’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance didn’t have an adequate justification for its treatment of Salvatore Davi, giving Davi a partial win over the agency. Judge Edward R. Korman, who handled the case on remand from the Second Circuit, also said three of the individuals Davi sued aren’t entitled to ...