RYKUS v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 2-5.

468 F.2d 215 (1972)

Helen RYKUS et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellee.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

October 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham G. Gerges, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellants.

Gerald Davis, New York City (Otto M. Bonaparte, Louis Glickhouse, Aaron Kohn, and Jeanne Hollingsworth, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before TAMM, Chief Judge, and HASTIE and ANDERSON, Judges.


ANDERSON, Judge:

The appellant, Helen Rykus, is a tenant in Pomonok Houses, a low-income housing project in Queens, New York, owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to New York Public Housing Law § 400 et seq., McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 44-A. In April 1972 she was notified of a 7 1/2% rent increase on her apartment, effective May 1, 1972. She refused to execute an amendment to her lease providing for...

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