Foster v. New York City Conciliation & Appeals Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bruce McM. Wright, J.

Petitioners commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding (although the title does not say it is such) to seek judicial review and nullification of a ruling made by the respondent.

Petitioners are administrators of premises 1921-1937 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, a once-proud, block-long building with an interior courtyard and garden. Those now resident there were barred by their race in other years. The apartments, now fallen upon evil days, still retain vestiges of luxury and such amenities as fireplaces, those necessities in ancient times that .are…