A lawsuit filed Thursday demands rent rebates for New York City public-housing residents who didn’t have heat or hot water this winter, creating an additional headache for an agency that has faced persistent complaints of infrastructure and management failings. The proposed class-action suit, filed by public-defender group the Legal Aid Society and private firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, claims that the New York City Housing Authority, known as NYCHA, has “openly flouted the law” by allowing the majority of residents...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 12, 2018 16:29 UTC