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The federal Fair Housing Act Amendments prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of a dwelling because of a handicap. 42 USC Section 3604(f)(1) and (f)(2). The statute also provides that discrimination includes "a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling." Does the statute require a landlord to offer a handicapped occupant of a rent-regulated apartment the opportunity to rent, at a regulated price, a vacant apartment located on a lower floor? A federal district court has recently suggested that the statute might, indeed, impose such a requirement on the landlord.

Appellate Division Awards Compound Interest in Takings Case

June 28, 2005

In its April 19, 2005 decision in <i>520 East 81st Street Associates v. State of New York</i>, the Appellate Division, First Department, held that principles of just compensation require that claimant be awarded compound interest as part of its takings damages. While various Federal and state courts had previously awarded compound interest under such circumstances, <i>520 East 81st Street</i> marks the first time that a New York State Court has done so.

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