[Fredslist] Need help with NYC vital records

[Glenn Dekhayser]

Anyone that can help-
 
My step-grandmother has reached a point where she can no longer remain in the assisted living facility she's been in for a few years.  My stepmother has been forced to enroll her in Medicaid - this is where it gets difficult.
 
Turns out that Medicaid requires a valid birth certificate - which of course my step-grandmother does not have.  We can attempt to get a new one, but they want her mother's maiden name - unfortunately she's reached a point where she no longer remembers that so we're in quite a bind.
 
I'm very good at researching records on the internet (i.e. ellis island etc), but I can't find a single trace of her mother or father.  
 
Can anyone assist?  My stepmother is in quite a bind.  Can anyone help my step-grandmother get a copy of her birth certificate without the forgotten information?
 
Thanks and regards,
 
Glenn Dekhayser
Vice President, Technology
Voyant Strategies, Inc.
(800) 463-7920
Fax: (732) 810-0378
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