New York enclave with Nazi roots forced to end discriminating policies

[muriel_volestrangler]

The German American Settlement League, which in the 1930s welcomed tens of thousands to pro-Nazi marches at Camp Siegfried on eastern Long Island, has settled an anti-discrimination case brought by New York state. The settlement calls for a change in leadership and adherence to all state and federal housing laws.
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New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman said a 2016 settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by two former residents, who claimed German American Settlement League policies hindered their attempts to sell their homes, called for an end to discriminatory practices. That settlement paid the former residents, who eventually did sell and moved out of state, $175,000.

Despite that agreement, Schneiderman found the league “continued to make new membership and property re-sale within the GASL community unreasonably difficult”.

The league owns the land on which the homes are situated and leases the property to homeowners, Schneiderman said. State investigators found that the league prohibited public advertisement of properties for sale. Members seeking to sell their homes could only announce a listing in person at member meetings or through internal flyers and meeting minutes circulated to the existing membership.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/20/new-york-nazi-neighborhood-ends-discriminating-policies

While they seem to have dropped the official "German ancestry only" rule some time ago, this appears to be saying that by prohibiting external advertising, they were effectively keeping ownership of leases purely within the existing community, which "just happened" to have German ancestry.

[countryjake]

1. K&R!

[malaise]

2. Unbelievable

This is 2017?

[countryjake]

3. Yup.

Quite the article!