TALBOT v. ROMNEY

No. 70 Civ. 2402.

321 F.Supp. 458 (1970)

Charlene TALBOT, Joseph DiGiorgio, Mardig Kachian and Delores Jackson, Plaintiffs, v. George ROMNEY, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, S. William Green, Regional Administrator, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Albert Walsh, Administrator, New York City Housing and Development Administration, and the City of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MFY Legal Services, New York City, for plaintiffs; Lester Evens, Jeffrey G. Stark, New York City, of counsel.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel, New York City, for City of New York; George Newman, New York City, of counsel.

Whitney North Seymour, U. S. Atty., New York City, for United States of America; Peter A. Herbert, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

LASKER, District Judge.

This motion raises important questions regarding both the extent to which the federal courts may intervene in government relocation of persons being displaced by urban renewal programs and the degree to which government must demonstrate a readiness to proceed with the development of its project before undertaking the enforced displacement of project area residents and the clearance of otherwise habitable dwellings.

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