This sucks…
A Brooklyn man whose lottery winnings were seized because he’d been on public assistance has won the right to fight for the return of his prize money. When Walter Carver won $10,000 in 2007, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance notified him it was taking half to repay the money he had received from 1997 to 2000.
In order to collect benefits, Carver had to work 35 hours a week in the Work Experience Program, first in the mailroom at Coney Island Hospital and later cleaning up at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.
Walter originally lost a suit claiming that the stipulation would require him to work below minimum wage but has been granted an appeal so he’s back in court trying to claim the money he won from the scratch-off.
Give the guy his ten g’s already!
