MELENDEZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude G. Szyfer , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jamison Davies , Assistant Corporation Counsel ( Richard Dearing , Devin Slack , on the brief), for James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.

Deborah E. Riegel , Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., New York, New York, for amici curiae Rent Stabilization Association of N.Y.C., Inc. and Community Housing Improvement Program.

Michael J. Harris , Jonathan A. Herstoff , Haug Partners LLP, New York, New York; Arthur Kats , Volunteers of Legal Service, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Volunteers of Legal Service.

LiJia Gong , Public Rights Project, Brooklyn, New York, for amici curiae the Cities of Chicago, Santa Monica, and 17 Additional Local Governments.

Joshua A. Matz , Raymond P. Tolentino , Molly Webster , Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Constitutional Law Scholars.

Judge CARNEY concurs in the result in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.