The following excerpt is from People v. Suazo, 118 N.E.3d 168, 32 N.Y.3d 491, 93 N.Y.S.3d 629 (N.Y. 2018):
explain how the loss of public housing because of a simple drug possession misdemeanor (see 42 U.S.C. 1437d [l][6] ) does not transform that offense into a "serious" crime requiring trial by jury (see In Re SantiagoMonteverde, 24 N.Y.3d 283, 292, 998 N.Y.S.2d 144, 22 N.E.3d 1012 [2014] ["Affordable housing is an essential need"] ). Now that the door has been opened, "singl[ing] ... out" deportation "for special treatment" will be hard to explain "when ... so many civil laws today impose similarly severe sanctions" ( Sessions v. Dimaya, U.S. , 138 S.Ct. 1204, 1231, 200 L.Ed.2d 549 [2018] [Gorsuch, J., concurring in judgment] ).
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