A lawsuit filed against New York City in federal court last week accuses the city of promoting racial and economic segregation through its affordable housing policies.
The Anti-Discrimination Center (ADC), which filed the lawsuit, is seeking to remove an “outsider-restriction policy” requiring that 50 percent of affordable units be reserved for residents already living in the neighborhood.
According to the ADC, the policy amounts to “entrenched segregation,” and removing it will allow all income-eligible New Yorkers “to compete on a level playing field.”
