State Division of Human Rights v. Dynasty Hotel

—Petition, pursuant to Executive Law § 298, transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Phyllis Gangel-Jacob, J.), entered on or about May 10, 1994, which seeks review of a determination of the State Division of Human Rights dated January 26, 1994, finding that respondent residential hotel discriminated against complainant on the basis of his race and awarding him $20,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000 in punitive damages, unanimously granted, and the determination modified, to the extent of reducing the award for compensatory damages to $7,500 and vacating…