Sussex Condominium III v. County of Rockland Fair Housing Board

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent County of Rockland Fair Housing Board dated March 12, 2009, which, after a hearing, found that the petitioner, Sussex Condominium III, unlawfully refused to permit the disabled complainant to make a reasonable modification to his premises at his own expense, directed that such permission be granted, and awarded the complainant the sum of $3,000 in compensatory damages.

Adjudged that the petition is granted, on the law, with costs, and the determination is annulled.

In July 2007 the complainant, then 79 years old,…