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State accuses Oyster Bay of housing bias

The state Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against the Town of Oyster Bay, accusing it of discriminating against people of color in the town's affordable housing program.

According to the complaint filed Jan. 29, by requiring those who buy units in the town's "Next Generation" and "Golden Age" housing developments to be residents, the town "excluded non-white and minority families...

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