State Division of Human Rights v. 1368 East 94th Street Corp.

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 to enforce an order of the State Division of Human Rights dated October 26, 1998, which, after a hearing, found that Salvatore Russo and Marie Russo had unlawfully discriminated in the rental of available housing on the basis of race and awarded each complainant $100,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. Salvatore Russo and Marie Russo appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated March 14, 2001, which transferred the proceeding to the Appellate Division, and, among other things, denied their…