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HERNANDEZ v. PIERCE

No. 81 Civ. 471.

512 F.Supp. 1154 (1981)

Esther HERNANDEZ, Maria Rodriguez, Bienvenida Matias, Deborah Horton, and Margarita Rodriguez, in behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Samuel PIERCE, as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, Anthony Gliedman, as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York, and the Chinatown Planning Council Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., Defendants.

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

April 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Siegel, MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs; Roger K. Evans, Steve Meyers, New York City, of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for defendant Gliedman; Karen Shatzkin, New York City, of counsel.

John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendant Pierce; J. D. Pope, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.

SOFAER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs are tenants of two city-owned buildings that the City wants to demolish and replace with low-income housing for the elderly and handicapped. Plaintiffs attempted to dissuade local and federal officials from proceeding with the plan; their claims were heard but repeatedly rejected. Now, plaintiffs have brought this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the demolition would violate federal law and their civil rights...

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