‘Ugh, they are black’: Couple sue broker who allegedly sent racist text before showing
NEW YORK (WABC) - A New York couple have filed a housing discrimination lawsuit after they say a real estate broker sent a racist text message while they were looking for an apartment to rent. Lisa Renee Olaso and her fiancé, Cyril Christopher, were excited to relocate from Delaware to Queens in June after the former got a new job. A broker from Douglas Elliman Realty was scheduled to show them an apartment for rent. The couple, who are both Black, say the broker never met them in person and instead saw them from a distance as they arrived for the showing. That’s when they say they got a racist text message from the broker that was meant for the property owner. “As we were getting out of the car, I received a text message that said, “Ugh, they are black,” Olaso said. Olaso told her fiancé to get back in the car. She then explained to the broker why. “When she looked at her phone, she…