Legal Opinion
Russo v. New York City Housing Authority
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alice Schlesinger, J.
If one were to identify cases illustrative of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) policies and procedures that cry out for change, this case would be at the top of the list. Front and center is the highly unusual requirement that a husband must obtain formal written permission from NYCHA before his wife can move in with him — a requirement that the average married couple could and would never anticipate. Additionally, and extremely problematic for a good number of NYCHA tenants, is the manner in which NYCHA applies its succession poli*403cies and the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of New York v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants v. New York City Loft BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In the Matter of Schorr v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
- Murphy v. New York State Division of Housing & Community RenewalNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
- Perez v. RheaNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
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