DISCRIMINATION

Prospective Tenants' Housing Discrimination Claim Based on Familial Status Dismissed

March 26, 2024    

Prospective tenants sued HPD and related landlords in federal court, claiming that landlord discriminated against them in connection with two affordable housing applications, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, the...

State Division of Human Rights Must Re-examine Organization's Housing Discrimination Claim

March 12, 2024    

CityVision, a nonprofit organization that tests whether housing facilities engage in discrimination by having their agents pose as prospective tenants, placed a test call to landlord in 2016 seeking to rent an...

Disabled Section 8 Tenant Had No Claim Against HUD for Housing Discrimination

February 25, 2024    

A disabled, wheelchair-bound tenant living in a HUD-subsidized apartment sued landlord and HUD, claiming failure to maintain his apartment so as to accommodate the vision-impaired tenant and to provide for wheelchair...

Owners Can Be Held Responsible for Broker's Source of Income Discrimination Against Prospective Tenant

January 22, 2024    

A prospective tenant, who was eligible for housing vouchers through a NYC HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) program, applied to rent an apartment. In response, landlord's real estate agent advised the...

Is Ramp Installation to Accommodate Disabled Tenant Infeasible at Building?

January 8, 2024    

Tenant sued landlord for disability discrimination. She claimed that landlord violated the NYC Human Rights Law, which required landlord to make reasonable accommodations to the needs of persons with disabilities,...

Housing Advocacy Group Can Sue Landlords and Brokers for Source of Income Discrimination

June 28, 2023    

Plaintiff, a nonprofit housing group, sued real estate agents, brokerage firms, property management companies, and property owners, claiming intentional and willful source of income discrimination in violation of New...

NYC Human Rights Law Amended to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Height and Weight

June 27, 2023    

On May 26, 2023, NYC Mayor Adams signed into law a City Council bill amending the NYC Human Rights Law to add perceived height and weight to the city's long list of classes protected from discrimination. Among...

Nonprofit Can Sue Landlord for Source of Income Discrimination Against Prospective Tenants

February 23, 2023    

A nonprofit housing group sued landlords, real estate agents, brokerage firms, and property management companies, claiming intentional and willful source of income discrimination in violation of NY State and NY City...

Shelter Occupant Had No Constitutional Right to Housing

November 24, 2022    

A temporary housing occupant sued the City of New York, DSS, HPD, and some private shelter organizations, claiming that they had tried to force her into NYC's shelter system when she sought housing accommodations...

Reasonable Accommodation for Tenant Didn't Include Transfer to Larger Market-Rate Unit

October 25, 2022    

In 2017, tenant and her disabled child were selected from a pool of more than 75,000 lottery applicants to receive a one-bedroom in landlord's apartment building. The apartment was one of a limited number of...

Building Owner and Management Accused of Not Providing Reasonable Accommodation

September 28, 2022    

The plaintiff, a condo unit owner, sued the condo corporation, its managing agent, and others on a number of grounds, led by failing to provide her with a reasonable accommodation for disabilities disclosed when she...

Federal Court Dismisses Discrimination Claims by Prospective Low-Income Tenants

September 28, 2022    

Prospective tenants sued landlord of mixed-use 421-a buildings in Hudson Yards that included affordable rental units and market-rate condominiums. The plaintiff tenants were Black and low income, and were selected by...