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Wednesday, July 05, 2023

05 Jul

Is the NYS Source of Income (Section 8) Anti-Discrimination Law Unconstitutional? NYS Supreme Court Seems to Think so

Andrew M. Lieb, Esq., MPH Discrimination , Executive Law

NYS law is that the refusal to rent or lease based on "lawful source of income" constitutes actionable discrimination under Executive Law 296(5)(a)(1). Now, the Hon. Mark G. Masler of the State Supreme Court, County of Tompkins, in James v. Commons West, LLC, et al., has found this anti-discrimination law to...

Thursday, March 17, 2022

17 Mar

NYS Law Prohibits Release of Personnel File as Retaliation for Discrimination Complaint

Andrew M. Lieb, Esq., MPH employment records , Executive Law

We always tell discrimination victims that you are protected from retaliation. In fact, if you are retaliated against, you can sue for that too. Interestingly, if you are retaliated against on an alleged discriminatory event, which is ultimately found in court to not constitute discrimination, you can nonetheless recover...