Information on MTOPP’s previous legal actions and updates on current lawsuits.
Since our lawsuit is several hundred pages, we decided to provide excerpts from the lawsuit. However, if you would like to review the entire lawsuit just click on this link. Summary: The City claims it did not exam the Domestic Violence Shelter (DV) in regards to the city placing an all Read more…
Since our lawsuit is several hundred pages, we decided to provide excerpts from the lawsuit. However, if you would like to review the entire lawsuit just click on this link. Summary: In this section of the lawsuit, we summarize the research showing that homelessness men have high rates of anxiety, stress Read more…
Almost 10,000 Shelter, Supportive Housing Beds and 31 Facilities in Bklyn CB9 Review of the Fair Share Analysis (excerpts from lawsuit) Respondent City Failed to Note that Brooklyn Community Board 9 (CB9) has the largest Concentration of Shelter and Supportive Beds in Brooklyn! Classification and Definition of Residential Facilities In Read more…
Since our lawsuit is several hundred pages, we decided to provide excerpts from the lawsuit. However, if you would like to review the entire lawsuit just click on this link. Summary: In this section of our lawsuit we discuss Respondent Project Renewal, a half a million-dollar non-profit organization that has a Read more…
Social Invisibility Has anyone read the famous classic book considered one of the greatest American novels “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, who was the first Black Man to win the National Book Award for Fiction. It explores how the American society in acts of racial discrimination and prejudice engages in “social invisibility.” Read more…
Good News! Motion Granted Update on Lawsuit Good News! -Update on Shelter Lawsuit Last week we filed a Motion requesting that Judge Lisa Lewis Recuse herself from our Case. Not only because she denied our Temporary Restraining Order which the Appellate Division 2nd Department overturned but because of her previous conduct on our Read more…
Another Lawsuit Filed, Another TRO Granted! Red Roof Inn in Flatbush Shelter Cannot Be Opened! Our Fight Just Got Stronger! In an unprecedented power move on the part of the Black Community in Brooklyn, the members of Flatbush Community just filed a lawsuit and got a Temporary Restraining Order, stopping Mayor Mamdani’s administration Read more…
When the Community Shows Up We Win!!! We Want to Thank everyone who showed up to Higher Court and filled the Courthouse on Tuesday, July 2, to ensure Justice was done! Thank You! In a three-day ordeal, justice was finally done when our Temporary Restraining Order was granted against the Read more…
Photos Show the Proof: “Disturbing of Soil” Image one, taken on June 30, 2025, workers are cutting trees. There is also a video of this action. Image two, taken on July 4, 2025, the trees have been removed, in the far right corner there is a tree that has been uprooted with wilted leaves Read more…
We filed an emergency Order to Show Cause to demand that the Developers adhere to the SWPPP regulations and obtain a Storm Water Construction Permit. Hearing occurred on January 30, 2026. The City claimed the only way to do that was for us to give up our lawsuit because the Read more…