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BECKHAM v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 83 Civ. 6003 (RJW).

592 F.Supp. 785 (1984)

Thelma BECKHAM, Henrietta Timmons, Sonia Stark, and Lenora Gordon, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY; Joseph J. Christian, as Chairperson of the New York City Housing Authority; Blanca Cedeno and Walter S. Fried, as Members of the New York City Housing Authority, Defendants.

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

June 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Williams, III, General Counsel, New York City Housing Authority, New York City, for defendants; A. Joaquin Yordan, New York City, of counsel.

The Legal Aid Society, John E. Kirklin, Director of Litigation, Morton B. Dicker, Attorney-in-Charge, New York City, and The Legal Aid Society, John T. McManus, Attorney-in-Charge, Far Rockaway, N.Y., for plaintiffs; James C. Francis IV, Lynn M. Kelly, Alan Rosner, New York City, of counsel.

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this action on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated to challenge a policy of the New York City Housing Authority (the "Authority").1 Pursuant to that policy, when public housing tenants fail to recertify their income and family composition in a timely manner, the Authority raises the rents of such tenants to one of several maximum rent alternatives more fully...

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