NYCHA Must Provide Interpreters for Tenants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Federal Settlement Says

“We almost feel like we’re doing something wrong by asking,” Jazmin Grubb said of her family’s struggles to obtain American Sign Language accommodations for her aunt, who is deaf and lives at NYCHA’s Taft Houses. “It shouldn’t be a problem if she’s just asking for someone to communicate the way she communicates.”