Commentary

Westchester Case
ADC is most disappointed by the Court's failure to exercise its authority to vindicate its own interest in seeing that its order is obeyed. More
Westchester Case
Pretense of “progress” still being clung to despite fact that the units to be built do not affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). Review fails to articulate plainly that County has rejected every major premise and violated every major obligation of Decree. Monitor reveals he is prepared to accept Implementation Plan not designed to AFFH. Along with HUD and U.S. Attorney, Monitor fails to assess Westchester’s refusal to meet Decree-ordered obligations of using all housing policies and programs to end segregation. All ignore that evidence is already in on presence of extensive exclusionary zoning and on fact that Westchester has failed to meet its obligation to combat that critical barrier to expanding fair housing choice. More
Westchester Case
Anyone reading the decision will see that the County Executive's spin is inaccurate and misleading; what people may not realize at first is that the ruling makes all too clear the fact that the Government and the Monitor hadn't even demanded that Westchester be made to do very much. More
Westchester Case
A recent New York Times editorial accurately described Westchester's ongoing resistance to integrated housing as constituting "the battle for Westchester." But, two years and nine months after the entry of the consent decree, the federal government has yet to engage seriously in that battle. More
Westchester Case
New motion highlights one aspect of Westchester's contempt and acknowledges that continuation of County's course of conduct "will make it all but impossible to achieve the results contemplated" by the Consent Decree. But the Government still fails to ask the Court to remedy Westchester's three-year failure to take action against the exclusionary zoning that pervades the County. More
Westchester Case
Westchester County Executive's rhetoric hits new low with crude appeal to fear. More
Westchester Case
Part 2 of ProPublica's series on "affirmatively furthering fair housing." This article focuses on the failure of the Government and the Monitor to hold Westchester to its obligations under the historic housing desegregation Consent Decree entered by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote in August, 2009. More

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