This court has held that the right under the statute is strictly personal, and that the statute, penal in nature, must be strictly construed; the plaintiff must clearly bring himself within its terms (Cohn v. Goldgraben, 103 Misc. 500). Section 41 of the Civil Rights Law provides that recovery may be had against any "agency, bureau, corporation or association * * * by the person aggrieved thereby...
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