found “widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island,” spurring investigations by the attorney general’s office and the Department of State.probe used hidden cameras to document interactions between real estate professionals and trained white testers posing as homebuyers and trained Black, Hispanic and Asian testers posing as homebuyers.
The settlements requires Keller Williams Greater Nassau and Keller Williams Realty Elite to pay $25,000 to Suffolk County for fair housing enforcement efforts, and another $25,000 on fair housing training for its agents. The attorney general’s office is conducting a separate investigation into another real estate brokerage.
A receptionist at Keller Williams Greater Nassau said no one was available to speak to the terms of the settlement, while calls to Keller Williams Realty Elite and Laffey Real Estate went unanswered.among the most segregated areas of the country. In its investigation, which spanned three years,found that 40% of Black, Hispanic and Asian testers received disparate treatment when compared with white testers posing as homebuyers.
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