KING v. HARRIS

No. 78 C 1967.

464 F.Supp. 827 (1979)

Evelyn M. KING, Individually and as President of the Staten Island Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Donald Asinobi, Individually and as Treasurer of the Clifton Home Owners Association, Cynthia Mailman, Individually and as Representative of the Stapleton Civic Association, Inc., Louis P. Wein, Individually and as Chairman of the Clifton Homeowners Association, Amelia Hall, Individually and as Representative of the Clifton Homeowners Association, Helen R. Pose, Individually and as President of the Stapleton Civic Association, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Patricia HARRIS, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Faymor Development Co., Inc., a Corporation and as General Partner of Tenhill-Faymor Housing Associates, a partnership, Defendants.

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

February 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Thompson by John S. Wellekens, Staten Island, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., by Homer C. LaRue, Asst. U. S. Atty., for Patricia Harris.

Davis & Cox, New York City, by Marc Adelsohn, Brooklyn, N. Y., for Faymor Development.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

COSTANTINO, District Judge.

This is an action brought by neighborhood residents and community organizations seeking to preserve a racially integrated neighborhood on Staten Island. In this case, a racially mixed and balanced community is attempting to prevent not only the undue concentration and segregation of minorities in the area, but also the ultimate destruction of the community. See Otero v. New York City Housing...

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