Abel v. Lomenzo

Petitioners are licensed real estate brokers. They maintain an office on Hillside Avenue, Queens, and their activities are mostly concerned with the sale and purchase of one and two-family houses in certain residential areas in the • southeastern part of that county. The respondent Secretary of State brought a proceeding charging petitioners with a viola-tion of article 12-A of the Real Property Law. The specifications alleged were that petitioners advised prospective purchasers of the racial composition of various neighborhoods in the area — that certain areas were integrated and others were…