A complaint by a New York woman, charging that the management of a Manhattan cooperative apartment had discriminated against her because she was Jewish, has been settled to her satisfaction, it was announced here today by the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
Mrs. Elinor Finkelstein told the Commission that the agent for the apartment house “appeared disinterested” because, she said, “my name was obviously Jewish.” She noted that a friend of hers, acting as a “checker, ” applied later for an apartment in the same building and was given “a very cordial reception.”
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