In this episode, we tell the story of how the Secatogue Nine, through their persistence and determination, and with the legal work of the Hofstra University Law Reform Advocacy Clinic, stopped the discriminatory cycle playing out in Farmingdale. The struggle lasted for over eight years, and the challenges facing the plaintiffs were profound. – uncertainty about outcomes, precarious living conditions during the litigation, working with dozens of law students over the many years of the legal process. We hear about the legal philosophy of attorney Stef Krieger, and how his years of experience fighting for the rights of marginalized communities in Chicago, New York and elsewhere, prepared him for this unprecedented, drawn-out legal fight. And we show how the case, settled ten years ago  still has relevance in today’s climate, in which the problems that were the basis of this years-long fight continue, almost unchanged. 

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This five-part podcast is the product of a multi-disciplinary collaboration between the National Center for Suburban Studies, the Law Reform Advocacy Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, and the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication’s online hyper-local news site, The Long Island Advocate.