A Federal judge has refused to dismiss a case brought by an indigent woman living with HIV/AIDS who claims the LeFrak Organization discriminated against her in renting an apartment because she was receiving a housing subsidy from New York City’s HIV/AIDS Services Administration.
Southern District Judge Denise Cote (See Profile) said lawyers for the woman and the advocacy group Fair Housing Justice Center had adequately pleaded claims under the federal Fair Housing Act and New York City’s Human Rights Law that the woman was discriminated against because she was subjected to a “more burdensome and delayed process” and was not shown apartments she could have afforded with a city subsidy.
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