News: Civil Rights Litigation

City Agrees to Pay $2 Million in Inmate Death Lawsuit

May 25, 2011

Brooklyn Judge Rejects Mayor’s Budget Cuts to HIV/AIDS Services Administration

April 27, 2011

ECBAWM Files Lawsuit Against Long Island Landlord Alleging Disability Discrimination

March 15, 2011

Federal Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motion Filed by Apartment Building Superintendent’s Wife

March 9, 2011

Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Constitutional Challenge to New York Election Law

February 10, 2011

Jury Finds for ECBAWM Client Following Trial of Sexual Orientation Housing Discrimination Claims

January 31, 2011

Federal Judge Denies Real Estate Company’s Motion to Dismiss

January 31, 2011

Federal Court Permits Family’s Claim for Man Who Died from Untreated Alcohol Withdrawal to Proceed

January 13, 2011

ECBAWM Files Suit Against Suburban Town Alleging Race and National Origin Discrimination in Housing Programs

December 16, 2010

ECBAWM Files Amicus Brief in US Supreme Court on Behalf of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Groups in “Reverse Fee Shifting” Case

December 1, 2010

City to Pay $33 Million to Pretrial Detainees Illegally Strip-Searched

November 8, 2010

ECBAWM Files Suit on Behalf of Minor Political Parties Challenging New York State Election Law

September 14, 2010

Disabled Riders Challenge MTA’s Transit Cuts

August 17, 2010

Federal Judge Permits Race Discrimination Case Against Two Bronx Housing Cooperatives to Proceed

August 13, 2010

ECBAWM Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit on Behalf of Synagogue

July 20, 2010