WILLIAMSBURG FAIR HOUSING v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING

No. 76 Civ. 2125 (CHT).

450 F.Supp. 602 (1978)

WILLIAMSBURG FAIR HOUSING COMMITTEE et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY et al., Defendants, and United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants. UNITED JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS OF WILLIAMSBURG, INC., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. KENT VILLAGE HOUSING CO., INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants.

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

May 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. by Robert Hermann, Peter Bienstock, New York City, Teitelbaum & Hiller by Herbert Teitelbaum, New York City, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. "A", Brooklyn, N.Y., by Ira Bezoza, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Cohn, Clickstein, Lurie, Ostrin & Lubell by Jonathan W. Lubell, New York City, for Third-Party Defendants Kent Village Housing, Co., Inc., et al.

Feder, Kaszovitz & Weber by Gabriel Kaszovitz, New York City, for intervenor-defendants.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York by Richard J. McCarthy, Dennison Young, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, for U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

Alan G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel by Lloyd A. Deutsch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, for Housing and Development Administration of the City of New York.

Donald Schatz, Gen. Counsel, New York City Housing Authority, New York City, for the New York City Housing Authority and Joseph C. Christian; Jeanne Hollingsworth, New York City, of counsel.

Paskus, Gordon & Hyman by Harlan J. Funk, John A. Rayll, Jr., New York City, for Ross-Rodney Housing Corp. and Kraus Management, Inc.


MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

This two-year old litigation concerning discrimination in housing in the Brooklyn community of Williamsburg now stands at a critical juncture. The conciliation and negotiation efforts of the parties, particularly the community groups, have resulted in the production of a decree consented in by all but one of the groups of parties in this action. This decree resolves virtually all issues in the case and represents a most...

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