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Showing posts with label credit discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credit discrimination. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

31 Jan

Suffolk County Human Rights Law Updated - Mortgage Lending Discrimination

An updated version of the Suffolk County Human Rights Law was just released. It has an amended section 528-10(A) as to credit discrimination - mortgage lending, which states as follows:Unlawful discriminatory practices in relation to credit.A. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or any...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

23 Mar

More Attorneys' Fees Available under NYS Human Rights Law for Discrimination Cases

On March 18, 2022, Governor Hochul signed S7733 into law and clarified that "the awarding of attorney's fees in credit discrimination cases is not limited to only those discrimination cases alleging sex-based discrimination."This law is particularly important for race discrimination, which is highly prevalent in the...