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Mhany Management, Inc. v. County of Nassau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2016) | 819 F.3d 581; 2016 WL 1128424; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5441
TL;DR: Garden City was found liable under the Fair Housing Act for rezoning land to prevent multi-family affordable housing, a decision influenced by racially motivated community opposition. The court affirmed this finding.
Legal Significance: This case affirms that municipalities can be liable for disparate treatment under the Fair Housing Act when zoning decisions knowingly respond to racially motivated citizen opposition, even if overt racial animus is absent.