Brooklyn Landlord Sued for Allegedly Refusing to Let Low-Income People Rent Apartments Using City’s Subsidy Program

A homeless woman and a couple with two children are suing the owners of Spring Creek Towers in Brooklyn for refusing to let them rent apartments that would be paid for in part by the city’s new housing subsidy program for the poor.

Regina Alston and Sandra Vaughn-Cooke contend in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court that the landlord of the 153 acre complex, known as Starrett City, broke the law by discriminating against them on the basis of their incomes.