Jehovah's Witness Sues Low-Income Housing Project For Discrimination

The New York Daily News today reports on a federal religious discrimination lawsuit filed by Larry Jackson, a Jehovah's Witness who says he was denied a unit in the low income Glass Factory housing complex in New York City because an employee of the housing project was concerned that he would proselytize door to door in the 45-unit building. The suit against officials of the Bowery Residents Committee seeks $60,000 in punitive damages and an apology. The state Division of Human Rights found probable cause in the case, opening the way for the federal lawsuit.  Jackson now lives in shelter in Queens.