Coop pays out $85,000 to settle federal dogsuit

The New York Post reports this morning that a settlement has been reached in the federal lawsuit against East River Housing.

This dog is not allowed, but others are.
This dog is not allowed, but others are.
Two cooperators, Amy Eisenberg and Steven Gilbert, will be paid a total of $85,000 for legal fees and be allowed to keep their service pets. The third cooperator, Stephanie Aaron, has one year to find a new home for her dog or find a new place to live.

The federal suit was filed in December 2013 on behalf of these three cooperators who claimed that they were denied appropriate accommodation for their disabilities; the coop’s position had been that since cooperators had not sought approval for their service animals prior to obtaining the pets that they were in breach of their leases.