DAWSON v. NEW YORK CITY HOUS. AUTH.


203 A.D.2d 55 (1994)

610 N.Y.S.2d 28

Robert Dawson, Respondent, v. New York City Housing Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 7, 1994


Plaintiff was a tenant in a housing project owned and operated by the defendant New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Plaintiff alleges that on November 29, 1984 he heard a knock on his door, he looked through the peephole, and a gun was fired through the peephole, causing the loss of plaintiff's eye. The crime was never officially solved, although circumstantial evidence strongly suggested that the plaintiff's son was the shooter.

Plaintiff sued the NYCHA claiming...

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