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KOW v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 81 Civ. 4870.

539 F.Supp. 708 (1982)

Ruth KOW, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, v. The NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY; Joseph Christian, as Chairman of the New York City Housing Authority; Blanca Cedeno, as a Member of the New York City Housing Authority; and Walter S. Fried, as a Member of the New York City Housing Authority.

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

May 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kirlin, Director of Litigation, Legal Aid Society, Civil Appeals and Law Reform Unit, New York City, Joan Mangones, Legal Aid Society, Staten Island, N. Y., for plaintiff; James C. Francis, IV, New York City, Douglass J. Seidman, Staten Island, N. Y., of counsel.

Michael M. Cohen, Gen. Counsel, New York City Housing Authority, New York City, for defendants; Arthur R. Scott, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff on behalf of herself and others similarly situated to effect a retroactive rent decrease due to a change in her source of income from public assistance grants. Her application for class certification was denied because of lack of numerosity and also because this Court was of the view that the defendant public agency would accord to all persons in plaintiff's class the benefit of any judgment in...

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