FIRST ON 13: AG: Capital Region rental company had blocked low-income people from leasing units

The Attorney General’s Office said it has stopped two brothers and their spouses who own three rental buildings in the Capital Region from illegally denying low-income residents from renting units.

Attorney General Letitia James announced that Greg and John Karian, who own or manage 24 rental units in Glenmont, Albany and Troy, had violated human rights law by refusing to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers.

The investigation began last September, after the Karians had posted online rental listings stating that they do not accept Section 8 vouchers in violation of the law, according to a news release…

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