Filicore v. Jossel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Norman C. Ryp, J.

"Around the child bend all the three Sweet Graces; Faith, Hope, Charity.” (Walter Savage Landor [1824].)

A. ISSUE

Whether Real Property Law § 236 is constitutional (barring housing discrimination against persons with children) facially and in application?

B. PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS

Defendant, Margarite Jossel, former owner of 4 Gramercy Park West, New York, New York, including its second floor *43apartment (hereinafter subject premises), moves under CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a unanimous (6-0) verdict awarding $25,000 in compensatory damages in favor of…