Citizens Committee for Faraday Wood v. John v. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dated September 10, 1973, of the Southern District, Robert J. Ward, J., dismissing their complaint after a trial without a jury.1 D.C., 362 F.Supp. 651. The plaintiffs brought a class action on behalf of all New York City residents who reside in inadequate and deteriorating housing and who would qualify for residence within low-income public housing units. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief against New York City, its mayor, the city’s Housing and Development Administration (HDA) and HDA’s administrator on the grounds that the…