A Queens landlord that argued it could not structurally alter an apartment building to accommodate a handicapped tenant, and then installed surveillance cameras to videotape the paralyzed woman, has been hit with the highest fine ever levied by the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
Queens Supreme Court Justice Frederick Sampson (See Profile) upheld the $125,000 fine in a recent decision and adopted an agency conclusion that the owners and managers of the Marine Terrace apartment complex in Astoria installed surveillance cameras in retaliation for Irene Politis asserting her right to an accommodation. He also awarded Politis $60,000 for mental anguish.
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