NY Town Founded By Nazi Sympathizers Sued For Excluding Non-Germans
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Yaphank, a town of 6,000 on Long Island, New York, is being sued for allowing only those with German ancestry to live there.
In a lawsuit filed on Monday in federal court in Central Islip, Philip Kneer and Patricia Flynn-Kneer said the German American Settlement League had violated federal housing law.
“Since its incorporation in 1937, the GASL has excluded non-whites from its membership, recreational programs, and summer homes in favor of new residents with German ancestry,” the complaint said…
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Robert Kessler, the group’s president, declined to comment on Tuesday. He told the New York Times, which first reported the lawsuit, that the community’s rules were misunderstood and not exclusionary.
The lawsuit, which was joined by nonprofit Long Island Housing Services, included what it said was a recent photo of a Nazi medallion atop a German flag in the community clubhouse.
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