Politics & Government

Document: Read the Settlement Against Westchester County

Read the settlement between Westchester County and the Anti-Discrimination Center that mandated 750 new affordable housing units – and set off a chain of local government reactions.

Read about the millions in taxpayer dollars Westchester used to settle the Anti-Discrimination Center's lawsuit – including $2.5 million in reimbursement for attorney fees – and the federal government's demands to build affordable housing in the county.

The 38-page document outlines the demographic criteria the federal government will use to determine which towns will see affordable housing developments in the near future.

The settlement, which dates back to August of 2009, also features a schedule with benchmarks – and the first 100 fair housing units are due to be built next year, in 2011.

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Click the links on the right to view a .pdf file of the lawsuit settlement. For an in-depth look at the lawsuit and what's likely to happen next, click here. For examples of how the lawsuit is impacting towns like Port Chester, click here and here.


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