Prospective tenant sued landlord for housing discrimination after landlord refused to rent an apartment to her. Tenant was an indigent woman with HIV/AIDS. The court denied landlord's request to dismiss the case...
Tenants sued landlord in federal court for housing discrimination after landlord refused to renew their lease. Landlord had told tenants they should live elsewhere to be closer to treatment facilities due to their...
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...
Tenant asked landlord NYCHA for permission to add her adult daughter as a permanent resident in her one-bedroom apartment. NYCHA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Substantial evidence supported NYCHA's...
Plaintiffs, who were NYCHA tenants and their guests, sued the City of New York and NYCHA, claiming that the NYPD used unlawful stops, searches, and arrests to enforce prohibitions against trespassing in...
Landlord, which operated Section 8 SRO housing for homeless individuals, sued to evict tenant after she had a baby. The housing units were intended for occupancy by one person, and tenant had signed an...
Former building tenants, all low-income Latinos, sued the Nassau County Village of Farmingdale and landlord for housing discrimination. Between 1999 and 2004 the village expressed interest in redeveloping the area...
Tenant sued the NYC HDC, landlord, and the NYS Freedom of Information Law office in federal court, claiming housing discrimination. Tenant stated that he was a disabled veteran, a senior citizen, and a person of...
The New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) determined that landlord had discriminated against prospective tenant after refusing a commercial space to him and voicing his concerns about the race of his existing...
The State Division of Human Rights (DHR) investigated several landlords for housing discrimination based on race, family status, and/or age. During the course of the investigation DHR signed a settlement agreement...
Nine plaintiffs sued NYPD and NYCHA, claiming that the procedures they used to prevent trespassing at public housing properties resulted in a widespread pattern of unlawful and unconstitutional stops, questioning,...
