Larry Neumeister
April 06, 2021 - 3:16 PM
NEW YORK - An Orthodox Jewish couple sued two New York City agencies that supervise affordable housing lotteries Tuesday, saying their family of eight faced religious discrimination when they were repeatedly rejected because of their familyâs size.
In the Manhattan federal court lawsuit, Chaim Katz and Chana Katz maintain they faced discrimination from two affordable housing lotteries when they applied for a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2017.
Their lawyer, Justin Kelton, said they were repeatedly rejected on the basis that the two adults and six children had âtoo many membersâ in their family for affordable housing.