Blatch Ex Rel. Clay v. Hernandez

OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SWAIN, District Judge.

This is a class action lawsuit brought by mentally disabled tenants and occupants of New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”) public housing who have been subject to eviction proceedings. Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and damages, asserting that defendants NYCHA, Tino Hernandez (as Chairman of the NY-CHA) 1 and Stuart G. Laurence (as Hearing Officer for the NYCHA) (collectively, “Defendants”) have violated Plaintiffs’ rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution…