Suffolk Housing Services v. Town of Brookhaven
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On this appeal, we are called upon to consider two issues: first, whether the doctrine articulated by the Court of Appeals in Berenson v Town of New Castle (38 NY2d 102) imposes a duty upon a municipality to exercise its zoning powers in order to facilitate the development of low-to-moderate-income or low-cost housing, and, second, whether the actions taken by the defendant town with regard to various applications to develop Federally subsidized multiple-family housing for low-to-moderate-income families violated the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 USC § 3601 et seq.). For…
3Cases cited25 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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