The following excerpt is from Lee v. Smith, 373 N.E.2d 247, 402 N.Y.S.2d 351, 43 N.Y.2d 453 (N.Y. 1977):
The standard of review of petitioners' equal protection claims is the traditional rational basis test (cf. Montgomery v. Daniels, 38 N.Y.2d 41, 59, 378 N.Y.S.2d 1, 16, 340 N.E.2d 444, 455). * Thus, the question for judicial resolution is whether there is a rational basis for separately classifying home relief and Supplemental Security Income recipients and then for distinguishing as the law now does in the benefits to be received by the members of the two classes.
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