Chinese woman suing co-op for racism

Lisa Sheen, a Chinese woman living in the Mainstay Cooperative building at 14455 Melbourne Avenue in Flushing, Queens, with her husband and two children, is suing her building’s co-op board for $11 million. She alleges that they tried to oust her from the building because she is Chinese. However, a lawyer representing the board claims it has been trying to evict Sheen since early 2005, after she made unauthorized renovations to her apartment. Sheen said this is the second time the board of Mainstay Cooperative has been sued for racial discrimination against Asians — the first suit was in progress when Sheen filed papers for her apartment in December 2004. That case is still pending in Queens Supreme Court.

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