Farrell alleged in his amended complaint that the defendants (1) violated the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. § 3604, by asking him to vacate the apartment to allow people of Asian ethnicity to live there; (2) defendants interfered with his right to exercise and enjoy his rights under the FHA by harassing, intimidating, threatening and retaliating against him; (3) defendants discriminated against him on the basis of race in contractual relations in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981; (4) defendants discriminated against him on the basis of race in a real property transaction in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1982; (5) defendants conspired to violate his equal rights, equal privileges and immunities in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3); (6) defendant’s neglect, failure and refusal to cease and prevent the conspiracy violated his rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1986; (7) defendants’ efforts to force him to vacate the apartment violated New York State’s Human Rights Law; (8) commencement of the eviction action and return of his April rent check was an intentional infliction of emotional distress; and (9) defendants brought the housing court action in retaliation for his filing of the instant lawsuit in violation of § 1985(2).