In Laurenti v. Water's Edge Habitat, Inc. (837 F Supp 507 [ED NY 1993]), the plaintiffs alleged that the board of a cooperative apartment violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to sublet to a family based on familial status, i.e., because they had four children. However, the family had lied about the status of the mother's employment, and had lied about the number of occupants, which exceeded the allowable number of persons under the Occupancy Code of the Village of Patchogue. The court denied plaintiffs' request for an injunction, finding that the board offered a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for evicting the sublettors. In Laurenti, the court found that plaintiff failed to demonstrate that discrimination occurred given the board's claim that its refusal to sublet was based on plaintiffs' violations of the Occupancy Code and upon plaintiffs' misrepresentations concerning the number of occupants, which was not protected under the Fair Housing Act.