Mangine v. New York City Housing Authority

The evidence adduced at the hearing conducted by the respondents indicated that the petitioner, a tenant in the respondent New York City Housing Authority’s Coney Island Houses, and her daughter, who resided with her, assaulted a nonresident of the project by biting him. The evidence ad*524duced at the hearing also indicated that the petitioner’s daughter attacked and bit other tenants in the project. In one of these instances, the injury was so severe that amputation of a finger was seriously contemplated. Under these circumstances, the respondents’ determination terminating the petitioner’s…