A prospective tenant, who was a mother with two children, sued landlord of a Bronx housing complex after landlord denied her an apartment rental application because she didn't earn at least $62,000 per year. The...
Tenant sued landlord in federal court, claiming violations of the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Tenant used a wheelchair, and said landlord was about to start an eviction proceeding...
CityVision Services, a not-for-profit corporation involved in the prevention of housing discrimination, filed a complaint against landlord with the NY State Division of Human Rights (DHR). After posing as a...
Tenant sued landlord in federal court, claiming landlord denied her an accessible parking space at the building, terminated her parking space on the basis of her race and disability status, and retaliated against her...
Tenant moved into the building in 2011 and had been diagnosed at that time with a major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In 2013, tenant asked landlord for an accommodation so that he could get...
A pro-se plaintiff, who claimed that he had occupied an apartment with tenant, sued landlord in federal court, after landlord refused occupant's request to transfer the lease into his name and changed the...
Tenant complained to the State Division of Human Rights (DHR) of housing discrimination by landlord based on source of income. The DHR found probable cause to go forward with consideration of tenant's claim and...
Tenant moved into landlord's building in 2011. At that time, he had been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In 2013, tenant requested an accommodation from landlord so...
Tenant sued landlord in State Supreme Court in 2020, claiming that landlord failed to accommodate tenant's disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA),...
In 2015, the DHR ruled that landlord must offer tenant and his wife a specific first-floor apartment at a rent comparable to the rent paid in their current fifth-floor apartment at landlord's building. Tenant...
An African-American tenant sued landlord of Suffolk County apartment complex in federal court in 2014 after a three-year "campaign of racial harassment, abuse, and threats" by tenant's white neighbor....
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA, seeking apartment repairs. In February 2019, the court ordered landlord to repair mold and plaster issues. Some scheduled repairs were missed in 2019 and, after tenant was diagnosed with...
