Overview
- The Division of Human Rights said Parsons 88 Realty, Zara Realty Holding Corp., and five individuals will pay $55,000 under a February settlement announced this week.
- Investigators cited a lobby poster urging calls to a Homeland Security Investigations tip line that listed “immigration” among “suspicious criminal activity.”
- The agreement requires fair housing posters, a written anti-discrimination policy distributed in English, Spanish and Bengali, removal of national origin questions from applications, and staff training.
- State officials said building staff harassed tenants and deterred cooperation by falsely warning of immigration raids; defendants admitted no violation.
- The state will conduct a three-year compliance review of rental policies and applications, and Gov. Kathy Hochul publicly warned that threatening tenants with ICE is illegal in New York.