BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority for the wrongful death of Doris Williams.
Williams' daughter, Kathy Williams Lassiter, submitted a complaint stating that her mother froze to death inside the Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments on December 25, 2022.
Lassiter said that family members found Williams on the floor by her apartment door.
The complaint states that Williams froze to death because "Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority failed to provide an required Adequate Emergency Disaster Plan and Working Generator to sustain its tenants during the Blizzard of 2022."
It further alleges that BMHA failed to:
- Adequately inspect the building in 2022
- Provide adequate maintenance in 2022
- Adequately repair the building in 2022
- Winterize building pipes including generator water pipes
- Provide adequate heating source during the blizzard
- Provide warning or acknowledgment for tenants to supply their own emergency heating source
- Provide an emergency response
BMHA declined to comment citing pending litigation.
