Prospective tenant, a 68-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran, received benefits under HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH). Tenant sued HUD, HUD-VASH, and landlord after landlord rejected his application...
Eight disabled New York City tenants enrolled in, or eligible for enrollment in, NYC’s Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program sued the Department of Finance (DOF), claiming that DOF administered the...
The federal government sued Westchester County for falsely certifying to HUD that it was meeting commitments to affirmatively further fair housing. The federal Department of Justice and the county signed a...
Tenant in upstate two-family house sued landlord, claiming that landlord discriminated against him. Tenant was an army veteran diagnosed with PTSD who got a service dog as part of his treatment plan after renting the...
Relatives of four tenants killed in a 2009 fire in a building in a poor neighborhood brought a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Utica. They claimed that their constitutional right to equal protection occurred...
Landlord sued to evict the resident building super after terminating the super’s employment. Tenant then filed a discrimination complaint with the City Human Rights Commission (HRC) claiming that landlord...
Tenant sued landlord and mental health agency Transitional Services of New York Supportive Housing Program (TSI), which supervised a federally funded housing assistance program in landlord’s building, for...
Tenants and NYC’s Public Advocate Letitia James sued landlord of four Bronx buildings and DOB for disability and housing discrimination due to landlord’s failure to keep elevators running during city-...
Co-op shareholder tenant, who was a co-op board member, sued fellow board members claiming that they defamed her in emails claiming that tenant was in arrears. Tenant claimed further defamation by fliers placed in...
Disabled tenant complained to the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that landlord failed to provide a reasonable accommodation, in violation of the city's Human Rights Law. Tenant was permanently...
