U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. Lettire Construction Corp. (S.D.N.Y.)
On April 29, 2025, the court approved a consent decree resolving the United States’ claims against Defendants Lettire Construction, Lettire 124th Street LLC, UBC Chestnut Commons LLC, and UBC Sumner LLC in United States v. Lettire Constr. Corp., et al. (S.D.N.Y.). Under the settlement, Lettire Construction will make the necessary retrofits at the Atrium at Summer and pay a civil penalty of $20,000, and the other three defendants will each pay a civil penalty of $10,000. Also on April 29, 2025, the court approved a consent decree resolving the United States’ claims against Defendant East 124th Street LLC. Under the settlement, this defendant will make the necessary retrofits at the Tapestry, pay a civil penalty of $10,000, and pay compensatory damages of $20,000 to individuals who were harmed by the inaccessible conditions at the Tapestry. The complaint, which was filed on January 16, 2025, by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, alleged a Fair Housing Act pattern or practice/denial of rights by Lettire Construction, a developer of residential rental apartment buildings in New York City, and others who designed and constructed The Tapestry, a 185-unit building in Manhattan, Chestnut Commons, a 275-unit building in Brooklyn, and Atrium at Sumner, a 190-unit building in Brooklyn, without required accessible features. Litigation is continuing against the two remaining defendants.