The New York City Commission on Human Rights recently found “no probable cause” to believe that Tarter Krinsky & Drogin’s client, a real estate managing agent and owner, discriminated when it rejected the claimant’s application to rent an apartment.

The claimant alleged that he was denied the apartment based on his race, color and occupation as a banking consultant. The Commission held that his failure to demonstrate a consistent financial and employment history provided a proper basis for rejecting him. The case highlights that inconsistencies in a proposed tenant’s application may serve as a non-discriminatory basis for refusal to rent an apartment.

Partners Laurent S. Drogin and Richard L. Steer and Associate Tara T. Toevs of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice defended this case under the managing agent’s employment practices liability insurance policy.