A man who fell off the roof of his luxury Williamsburg rental building is now suing the property. But not because he forgot his keys, attempted to climb into his window ("after a few drinks") and was injured when he fell onto a terrace. It's because the building doesn't have a handicap-accessible elevator. more ›

As the Department of Justice investigates whether thousands of NYC apartments follow the Fair Housing Act by providing accessible housing to the disabled, the NY Times spent time with one woman who has a tough time maneuvering around her Battery Park City apartment while using her wheelchair. Roberta Galler, who had polio has a child, "cannot open or close windows by herself because the locks are too high" and "has not returned to her bathroom in the wheelchair since being trapped there for two hours"--now she "takes several laborious steps with braces to enter the room." Galler said developer Related has been great and simply hopes "future construction will keep people like me in mind — because this is not functional.” If the DOJ believes developers have violated discrimination laws, millions will need to be spent on fixing the apartments. more ›

The mammoth Avalon Chrystie Place rental building on Chrystie, between Houston and Stanton, is facing a federal lawsuit from the Department of Justice. The DOJ accuses developer AvalonBay Communities of, per the NY Times, "illegally discriminating against disabled people by failing to provide them with sufficient access at a 361-unit rental building on the Lower East Side." more ›