New York City Housing Authority Case Documents

These are the current documents associated with Baez v. New York City Housing Authority.

Case Documents

• Complaint (December 17, 2013)
• Proposed Settlement Agreement of Class Action Lawsuit Concerning Mold and Moisture in NYCHA Apartments (December 17, 2013)
• Declaration of Maribel Baez in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (December 19, 2013)
• Declaration of Felipa Cruz in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (December 19, 2013)
• Declaration of R.D. in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (December 19, 2013)
• Stipulation and Order of Settlement (December 20, 2013)
• Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit Concerning Mold and Moisture in NYCHA Apartments (February 20, 2014)
• Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Their Motion to Enforce or Modify the Stipulation and Order (April 22, 2015)
• Declaration of Michael Stanley in Support of Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Order (April 22, 2015)
• NYCHA’s Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Order (June 12, 2015)
• Plaintiffs’ Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Order (June 26, 2015)
• Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Order (July 24, 2015)
• Plaintiffs’ Second Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Order (August 20, 2015)
• Supplemental Declaration of Michael Stanley in Support of Motion to Enforce (October 7, 2015)
• Memorandum and Order Granting Motion to Enforce and Request for Appointment of Special Master (December 15, 2015)
• Cover Letter from Special Master (April 6, 2018)
• Proposed Order Extending Existing Consent Decree (April 6, 2018)
• Proposed Amended Stipulation and Order of Settlement (April 6, 2018)
• Proposed Modified Amended Stipulation and Order of Settlement (July 24, 2018)
• Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for an Order Approving Modified Amended Stipulation (August 31, 2018)
• Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion to Approve Modified Amended Stipulation (November 29, 2018)
• Order Appointing César de Castro as Ombudsperson (September 20, 2019)
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Revised Consent Decree (December 21, 2020)
• Opinion and Order (April 12, 2021)
• Agreement Regarding Settlement of Section 8 Claims (December 23, 2021)

Journal Articles

• Sara E. Imperiale and Erin M. Meyer, “Enforcing the Right to Breathe: Continuing the Fight for Environmental Justice in Public Housing,” Environmental Law in New York 30, no. 6 (June 2019)