Posts Tagged ‘disability’

“To Use and Enjoy” – Housing Rights for Persons with Disabilities

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Co-sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the New York State Division of Human Rights, and as part of Fair Housing Month this coming April, Mr. Vernon will be a speaker at a program titled “To Use and Enjoy” – Housing Rights for Persons with Disabilities.  The program, designed for attorneys at the Division of Human Rights, runs from April 27 to 29, 2010.  Mr. Vernon will speak on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 2:45 P.M.

The Laws Affecting Housing & Companion Animals

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

On December 7, 2009, Mr. Vernon chaired a seminar at the New York City Bar Center for CLE discussing issues concerning companion animals in housing in New York. The applicable federal, state and local laws were examined, including §27-2009.1 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, laws relating to discrimination and the disabled, and statutory and case law generally applicable to housing. Cooperative, condominium, as well as rent-regulated housing were discussed.  Course materials, CD and DVD versions are available on the City Bar website.