Housing Court Bar Association honors four at 15th Annual Luncheon
The Kings County Housing Court Bar Association held its 15th annual awards luncheon on Thursday at Rocco’s Tacos in Downtown Brooklyn, where it honored Judge Lisa Ottley and three other leaders in Brooklyn’s legal community.
Judge Ottley was honored alongside Hon. Kevin McClanahan, court attorney Tracy Ferdinand and court officer Carol Jones.
“It takes special people to understand that when someone enters housing court, they are not there because they were invited to a birthday party,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who was there in support of the honorees. “There is some type of stress, some type of disorder in their lives, some type of uncertainty. When people walk through your doors, they are broken — particularly when you look at Brooklyn and the price of real estate, [which] has pushed out people and development has meant displacement.