BECKHAM v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 527, Docket 84-7698.

755 F.2d 1074 (1985)

Thelma BECKHAM, Henrietta Timmons, Sonia Stark, and Lenora Gordon on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, 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-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Williams, III, Gen. Counsel, New York City Housing Authority, New York City (A. Joaquin Yordan, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

James C. Francis IV, New York City, The Legal Aid Society, New York for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.


ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

These proceedings challenge a policy of the New York City Housing Authority (the Authority) of raising the rents of its public housing tenants to one of several maximum rent alternatives when they fail to certify their income and family composition in a timely manner.

The plaintiffs, tenants of the Authority whose rents were increased to more than thirty percent of their incomes pursuant to this policy, filed their complaint in the United...

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