Legal Opinion

Wright v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 23, 1995PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J. P.

In the early morning hours of February 15, 1985, 20-year-old Renita Wright was raped and strangled to death. Her body was found later that day at the door leading to the roof of 1357 Washington Avenue, a 20-floor building in a Bronx housing project owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority. The deceased, who had resided with her mother, the administratrix of her estate and plaintiff herein, on the 11th floor of the building, had gone out with a female companion earlier that evening, at approximately 8:15 p.m. She never returned to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Noseworthy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
  3. Miller v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  5. Amatulli v. Delhi Construction Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1991

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3Cited by56 opinions

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