Commentary

Westchester Case
"Perspective" column in the Westchester Journal News from ADC's Executive Director discussing the ways that Westchester manifests its contempt towards the consent decree it is legally obligated to obey, and the national significance of how that course of conduct is dealt with. More
Westchester Case
Westchester's resistance is being rewarded. More
Westchester Case
Westchester has failed to comply with yet another of its obligations under the consent decree. The County was required to develop an “analysis of impediments” to fair housing choice that was acceptable to HUD. That meant it was supposed to identify, analyze, and take the actions necessary to overcome all barriers to fair housing. HUD has now found that the AI is indeed “incomplete and unacceptable,” and has rejected the submission. More
Westchester Case
Unfortunately, the Monitor has once again closed his eyes to Westchester's persistent refusal to accept even the principles of the Consent Decree -- let alone comply with the obligations set forth in the Decree. More
Westchester Case
Faced with Westchester's comprehensive and unrelenting violations of its housing desegregation obligations under a federal court Consent Decree, and with the failure of the federal government and its Monitor to enforce those obligations, the Anti-Discrimination Center ("ADC") has moved for Court enforcement of the Decree. More
Westchester Case
Look at aerial images or maps of the kind of development sites that Westchester has been focusing on in order to evade its obligations and minimize change. More
Westchester Case
As the Westchester Journal News explained in its editorial: "In both deed and stubborn word, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has made plain that he has no plans to honor key provisions of the False Claims Act/fair housing settlement...The sooner HUD, the monitor and, ultimately, the U.S. District Court hold him accountable, the better for Westchester and fair-housing choice throughout the county." More
Westchester Case
For more than two years, the Government and the Monitor have done nothing except watch Westchester make a mockery of the Consent Decree. Last night, a report from the Monitor dealt with a small subset of the outstanding issues. In these circumstances, there is a natural tendency to lose track of the overall context. In fact, the Government and the Monitor continue to ignore a variety of crucial questions. They proceed as though Westchester has not made it unmistakably clear that it fundamentally rejects the goals, premises, and chosen tools of the Decree, and that it is determined never to comply. As such, they are still failing to fulfill their responsibility to vindicate the Decree. More

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