NYCHA Didn't Discriminate Against Tenant's Son

September 8, 2012

LVT Number: #24322

Tenant's son, who was African-American and disabled, sued landlord NYCHA for housing discrimination after NYCHA denied him succession rights to tenant's apartment. The son lived with tenant until 1976. Tenant remained in the apartment until her death in 2007. The son claimed that he had lived again with tenant since 1997. But NYCHA found that he never became part of tenant's household for purposes of NYCHA's remaining family member policy, and the son admitted that he was never listed as an apartment occupant. The son claimed that NYCHA's decision violated the federal Fair Housing Act.

Tenant's son, who was African-American and disabled, sued landlord NYCHA for housing discrimination after NYCHA denied him succession rights to tenant's apartment. The son lived with tenant until 1976. Tenant remained in the apartment until her death in 2007. The son claimed that he had lived again with tenant since 1997. But NYCHA found that he never became part of tenant's household for purposes of NYCHA's remaining family member policy, and the son admitted that he was never listed as an apartment occupant. The son claimed that NYCHA's decision violated the federal Fair Housing Act. But NYCHA's reason for denying the son's claim wasn't discriminatory. And the son was given due process during an extended NYCHA hearing and housing court proceeding.

Williams v. NYCHA: 10-CV-1070, NYLJ No. 1202564932271 (EDNY; 7/25/12; Weinstein, J)

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