Headley v. New York City Housing Authority

Beginning in 1969, the petitioner resided with his mother, Muriel Headley, who was a tenant in an apartment within a public housing development administered by the New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter the Housing Authority). In September 2004, after the petitioner’s 2003 arrest on drug charges, his mother signed a stipulation pursuant to which she agreed to permanently exclude the petitioner from the apartment in order to prevent termination of her tenancy. Upon approving the stipulation on October 20, 2004, the Housing Authority determined that the mother’s occupancy of the apartment…