Landlords Fined $33K by City After Rejecting Tenant With Housing Voucher

A Brooklyn management company was fined $33,000 by the City Commission on Human Rights after leaving a 74-year-old woman homeless for two months by illegally rejecting her housing voucher, according to court documents.

The commission last week fined the landlord, American Construction Associates, $20,000 for discriminating against 74-year-old Miladys Agosto, on the basis of her use of a voucher and also ordered the company to pay Agosto an additional $13,000 for emotional distress, according to a spokesman for the agency.