In two separate Commission-initiated race discrimination cases, the Commission's Law Enforcement Bureau received fines from the realtors totaling $53,000.

In the first case, CCHR targeted several realtors in the mainly white Queens neighborhoods of Belle Harbor and Neponsit as part of the Commission's proactive testing. Black and white Commission staff members, posing as married couples looking for a house to purchase, received disparate treatment from one realtor, West End Realty. A house in a specific price range was made available for the white couple but not for the African-American couple. Staff attorney Gemini Nolan took the case to trial and obtained $18,000 in fines paid to the City.

In the other case, the Commission followed up on a complaint it received, sending out CCHR testers. The respondent, Harari Realty, quickly settled a race discrimination case in September only a month after it was filed at CCHR when confronted with the evidence uncovered by the Commission's Law Enforcement Bureau. Although the realty company made no admission of guilt in the agreement, they paid a $20,000 fine to the City and an additional $15,000 to a complainant after undercover videotapes revealed that the Queens realty had apartments available for white clients but none for Black clients. Additionally, they agreed to display fair housing posters in their offices, and amend their website and rental applications. Human Rights Specialist John McCormick handled the case.