Additional monitor-related material

This page contains a variety of materials concerning and reflecting the Monitor’s failure to fulfill his responsibility to vindicate the Consent Decree. The sidebar contains excerpts from a letter that ADC sent to the Monitor just two weeks after the Consent Decree had been entered. As the excerpts show, the road that has since been travelled was entirely predictable.

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Monitor files annual report to court for 2012
Monitor’s “2-year review” fails to hold Westchester to account
Pretense of “progress” still being clung to despite fact that the units to be built do not affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). Review fails to articulate plainly that County has rejected every major premise and violated every major obligation of Decree. Monitor reveals he is prepared to accept Implementation Plan not designed to AFFH. Along with HUD and U.S. Attorney, Monitor fails to assess Westchester’s refusal to meet Decree-ordered obligations of using all housing policies and programs to end segregation. All ignore that evidence is already in on presence of extensive exclusionary zoning and on fact that Westchester has failed to meet its obligation to combat that critical barrier to expanding fair housing choice.
County cited for two violations, but Gov't, Monitor still don't see big picture
For more than two years, the Government and the Monitor have done nothing except watch Westchester make a mockery of the Consent Decree. Last night, a report from the Monitor dealt with a small subset of the outstanding issues. In these circumstances, there is a natural tendency to lose track of the overall context. In fact, the Government and the Monitor continue to ignore a variety of crucial questions. They proceed as though Westchester has not made it unmistakably clear that it fundamentally rejects the goals, premises, and chosen tools of the Decree, and that it is determined never to comply. As such, they are still failing to fulfill their responsibility to vindicate the Decree.
ADC statement on Monitor's April 25, 2011 report to the Court
Unfortunately, the Monitor has once again closed his eyes to Westchester's persistent refusal to accept even the principles of the Consent Decree -- let alone comply with the obligations set forth in the Decree.
ADC's October 28, 2010 statement on the inadequacy of the Monitor's response
The text of the press release.
Monitor's October 25, 2010 report to the Court
The main body of the Monitor's report.
ADC Statement on Monitor's July 2010 Rejection of County Implementation Submission
A statement from Craig Gurian, ADC's Executive Director.
Excerpts from Monitor's July 2010 Submission to the Court
Some of the key points made in the Monitor's submission.
Monitor's July 2010 Submission to the Court Rejecting Westchester's Plan
The July 7, 2010 Monitor filing with the Court whereby he found that Westchester had once again failed to comply with the requirements of the Consent Decree. The report of his Housing Advisor, the Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, submitted as Exhibit 1 to the Monitor's Court filing, is appended.
Monitor Rejects Westchester's Jan. 2010 Submission in Filing to Federal Court

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