It was probably part of this same finding that was reported in
today's NY Times under the by-line of James C. McKinley Jr
and posted here without permission:

	In a decision that lawyers and city officials say could
	affect thousands of cooperatives in New York City, the
	city Human Rights Commission has rules that homosexuals
	have the right to inherit co-op apartments from their
	partners.

	The decision essentially extends to gay people the same
	rights of inheritance that apply to heterosexual
	spouses.  In all co-op agreements that allow
	heterosexual spouses to inherit apartments without
	being subject to the approval of the co-op board, the
	agreement must specifically spell out that gay couples
	have the same right.

	If not, the commission ruled, the co-op would be
	violating the city human rights law and could be sued
	for discrimination.  Thousands of co-ops could be
	affected, officials said.

	The Human Rights Commission interprets and enforces the
	city's anti-discrimination laws.  Bud G. Holman, the
	president of the co-operative involved in the case that
	prompted the commission's ruling, said the co-op, at 60
	Sutton Place, would appeal in court.  The ruling caps a
	two-year legal fight between the co-op board and a 54-
	year-old gay man, Harry Kirkpatrick, who was bequeathed
	an apartment that belonged to his companion, Martin
	Weiner, but was rejected by the co-op board.  Mr.
	Weiner died of AIDS in 1989.