TriBeCa’s bi-level Puerto Rican restaurant Sazon has been having problems with its neighbors since it opened but rather than continue work it out the restaurant’s owner is so fed up today he filed a multi-million dollar federal civil rights suit accusing the city, the State Liquor Authority and members of lower Manhattan’s Community Board 1 of discriminating against the restaurant because its customers aren’t “from this neighborhood .” Owner Genaro Morales explained to us that the suit was a last resort, ” we’ve made several attempts at mediating meetings with the CB and the community and nothing has gotten better .” [ more › ]
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Puerto Rican Restaurant Sues, Says Manhattan’s CB 1 Is Racist