City of New York v. Camp Construction Co.

This is an action brought by the City of New York under its Fair Housing Laws for an injunction restraining defendant Patrick Vitucci (the complaint was dismissed during trial as against the other named defendants when *51Ms individual ownersMp of the subject house was established) from declining to sell housing accommodations to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.

The Fair Housing Laws created a City Commission on Human Bights and fixed the procedure for dealing with discrimination in housing accommodations. On January 6, 1965 Mrs. Myrtle Braithwaite and…