BIONDI v. BEEKMAN HILL APT.


94 N.Y.2d 659 (2000)

731 N.E.2d 577

709 N.Y.S.2d 861

NICHOLAS A. BIONDI, Appellant, v. BEEKMAN HILL HOUSE APARTMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hartman & Craven, L. L. P., New York City (Victor M. Metsch and Thomas V. Juneau, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel F. Markham, P.C., New York City (Daniel F. Markham of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

This appeal brings up for review two issues: (1) whether public policy bars a cooperative apartment corporation from indemnifying one of its directors for punitive damages imposed on the director who, in violation of various civil rights laws, denies a proposed tenant's sublease application on the basis of race and retaliates against a shareholder for opposing the denial; and (2) whether, under the same facts, Business Corporation...

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