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Mount Vernon-Based Landlord Discriminated Against Black Tenants, Suit Says Mount Vernon-Based Landlord Discriminated Against Black Tenants, Suit Says
Mount Vernon-Based Landlord Discriminated Against Black Tenants, Suit Says An Eastchester landlord and building superintendent have been accused of racial discrimination after a seven-week sting operation that used black and white testers posing as prospective tenants, according to this report by Westfair. The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) reportedly sued New Property Associates LLC and Dikson Dumitrescu, the superintendent, on Sept. 20 in U.S. District Court in White Plains. The complaint accuses them of violating the federal Fair Housing Act and New York civil rights law, the report said. The FHJC and testers claim that the landlord and superintendent provi…

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