Acevedo v. Turner: U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y.  Applicants for and recipients of family assistance are required to cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement, and can be sanctioned for failure to do so.  This class action challenged New York City’s failure to tell applicants and recipients that such sanctions are temporary and can be lifted as soon as they cooperate, as well as the City’s failure to lift sanctions promptly when sanctioned individuals are willing to cooperate.  After lengthy negotiations, which resulted in the City’s use of a new and improved notice, the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ counsel reached a settlement, including attorneys’ fees, which was approved by the court on March 29, 2004.  The court still has jurisdiction only over that part of the settlement that mandates that the notices of sanctions class members receive contain proper instructions so that the class member may be able to lift the sanctions.  (JGS, ST)