GILLIBRAND, COLLEAGUES FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR ATTACKING FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee, joined 20 of her Senate colleagues in submitting an amicus brief supporting a federal judge's ruling that the Trump administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) unlawfully restricted funding to groups that investigate and enforce laws against housing discrimination. The amicus brief argues that HUD's unprecedented attempt to direct $46 million away from fair housing organizations - while diverting an additional $10 million to government agencies with separate appropriations - has no lawful...