
    Mary Stilley, Appellant, v New York State Department of Social Services, Respondent.
    Submitted August 25, 1997;
    decided September 18, 1997
   Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, First Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).  