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LeFrak agrees to promote integration in housing
Samuel J. LeFrak, nation's large landlord, signs consent with federal government to promote racial integration. Agreement requires rental agents to offer blacks financial inducements to move into white buildings and to post a nondiscriminatory policy. The deal covers LeFrak properties in New York City and Queens, with steps to ensure a mixed-race tenant mix and outreach in seven Brooklyn buildings.
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