Legal Opinion
Sierra v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 2, 2008No. 07 Civ. 6769(JSR)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
In her complaint filed on July 27, 2007, plaintiff Juana Sierra, who at that time resided with her young child in a single room occupancy (“SRO”) unit, alleged that section 27-2076(b) of the New York City Housing Maintenance Code (“HMC”), which prohibits children from living in SRO units, violated the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604(a), because it discriminated on the basis of familial status. Sierra sought (1) declaratory judgments invalidating section 27-2076(b) and any open or pending claims of violation of § 27-2076(b) issued by the City…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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