The provisions of the State Human Rights Law (State HRL) that proscribe discrimination in housing apply not only to the{**99 AD3d at 48} "owner" of the housing, but also to a "lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation . . . or any agent or employee thereof" (Executive Law § 296 [5] [a]). The City Human Rights Law (City HRL) similarly provides for individual liability (Administrative Code of City of NY § 8-107 [5]). Although both statutes contain exceptions to their housing coverage (compare Executive Law § 296 [5] [a] with Administrative Code of City of NY §§ 8-107 [5] [a] [4]; [g]-[m], [o]), there are no exemptions in either statute for directors or officers of a coop or any other corporation. The anti-retaliation sections of both statutes also provide for [*3]individual liability with no exemption for corporate directors or officers (see Executive Law § 296 [7]; Administrative Code of City of NY § 8-107 [7]).[FN1]
Individual director and officer liability is also consistent with the limitations on the "business judgment" rule as enunciated by the Court of Appeals.