Showing posts with label Housing discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Housing discrimination. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

New Jersey Settles With Township Accused of Discriminating Against Orthodox Jewish Residents

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 A Consent Order ( full text ) was entered yesterday by a New Jersey trial court in Platkin v. Jackson Township,  (NJ Super., Aug. 28, 2023)...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Seattle Becomes First U.S. City To Outlaw Caste Discrimination

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Seattle, Washington this week became the first U.S. city to add "caste" discrimination to its anti-discrimination laws. The Ordina...
Wednesday, July 07, 2021

Alaska Homeless Shelter Challenges City's Public Accommodation Law

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Last week, an Anchorage, Alaska women's homeless shelter filed suit in an Alaska federal district court contending that the city's r...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

New Jersey Sues Township Alleging Anti-Jewish Zoning Actions

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New Jersey's Attorney General yesterday announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against Jackson Township (NJ) alleging that in res...
Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Suit Says Housing Discrimination Based On Family Size Is Religious Discrimination Against Orthodox Jews

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A lawsuit was filed yesterday in a New York federal district court by a couple who claim that the city's public housing rules which effe...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Homeless Shelters Excluded From City's Anti-Discrimination Ordinances

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In Downtown Soup Kitchen v. Municipality of Anchorage ,  (D AK, Aug. 9, 2019), an Alaska federal district court issued a preliminary injunct...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Settlement Reached In Discrimination Suit Against Michigan Chautauqua Village

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Petoskey News-Review reports that a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against the Michigan village of Bay View that was established ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Hasidic Jews Sue Town Over Zoning Barriers

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Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court against the village of Airmont for its actions in attempting to prevent expans...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Suits Proliferating Against Airbnb Over West Bank Delistings

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Lawsuits are proliferating against Airbnb for its decision last week to delist rentals in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.  In addition...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Claim Filed Against Airbnb For Its Delisting of West Bank Rentals

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As reported by the New York Times , last week Airbnb under pressure from Palestinian officials, anti-settlement advocates and human rights g...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Second Broad Challenge To Austin's Anti- Discrimination Ordinances Filed

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Following a federal court lawsuit filed last week by churches challenging Austin, Texas' ban on employment discrimination (see prior pos...
Friday, October 05, 2018

Ban Against Reproductive Choice Discrimination Enjoined As To Defendants With Religious Objections

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In Our Lady's Inn v. City of St. Louis , (ED MO, Sept. 30, 2018), a Missouri federal district court enjoined enforcement against plainti...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Mahwah Settles New Jersey;'s Suit Against It Over Anti-Jewish Ordinances

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A settlement agreement ( full text ) was reached yesterday in Grewal v. Towship of Mahwah.  (D NJ).  In the case, New Jersey's attorney ...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

Suit Charges Neighborhood With Discrimination Against Hasidic Jews

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A religious discrimination lawsuit was filed two weeks ago in a New York federal district court by a number of Hasidic Jews who currently li...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

New Jersey Township Reverses Moves That Were Aimed At Excluding Orthodox Jews

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According to JTA , as a strategic response to a lawsuit filed against it in October (see prior posting ), the Mahwah, New Jersey Township Co...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

New Jersey Sues Township Over Attempts To Exclude Orthodox Jews

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Yesterday, New Jersey's Attorney general filed a religious discrimination suit against Mahwah Township.  The complaint ( full text ) in ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Suit Challenges Ordinance Barring Discrimination On Basis of Reproductive Health Services

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In February 2017, the St. Louis (MO) Board of Aldermen enacted Ordinance 70459 which added to the city's existing laws against discrimi...
Friday, October 28, 2016

NY Municipalities Settle Discrimination Suit Against Them Alleging Anti-Hasidic Bias

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JTA reports  that the upstate Village of Bloomingburg and the Town of Mamakating, New York have reached a settlement with a developer who su...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Apartment Owner Sued Over Rental Discrimination Against Muslims

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The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights yesterday announced the filing of a lawsuit in state court charging the owner of an apartment build...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

2nd Circuit Affirms Win By Rockland County Villages Charged With Anti-Hasidic Discrimination

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In the long battle between Hasidic residents and others in parts of Rockland County, New York, the Second Circuit has affirmed the district ...