Legal Opinion
Rivers v. New York City Housing Authority
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 31, 2016No. 11-CV-5065 (KAM) (MDG)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
Matsumoto, United States District Judge:
Plaintiffs Jakwan Rivers and Debía Crenshaw (“plaintiffs”) initiated this action against the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”), NYCHA employees John Rhea (“Rhea”), Gloria Finkelman (“Finkelman”), Carolyn Jasper (“Jasper”), Carl Walton (“Walton”), and Melethil Alexander (“Alexander”), (collectively, the “NYCHA defendants”), as well as the Local 237 International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the “Union” or “Local 237”), Union President Gregory Floyd (“Floyd”), and Union official Remilda Ferguson (“Ferguson”) (collectively, the…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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