Legal Opinion
Sierra v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 13, 2008No. 07 Civ. 6769(JSR)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
Section 27-2076(b) of the New York City Housing Maintenance Code (“HMC”) prohibits children under the age of sixteen from living in single room occupancy units (“SROs”), which are rooming units that lack either kitchen or sanitary facilities or both. Until several months ago, plaintiff Juana Sierra and her two young children occupied two such units at 24 West 119th Street in Manhattan. When Sierra’s landlord, former defendant Emad Ibrahem, commenced eviction proceedings against her on the basis of section 27-2076(b), Sierra filed this action…
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- LeBlanc-Sternberg v. FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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- Russel H. Beatie, Jr. v. City of New York Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor, Mayor of the City of New York Council of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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