Opinion
October 17, 1995
Appeal from the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Diana Johnson, J.
Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Kristin M. Helmers and Alan G. Krams of counsel), for appellant.
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation "A" (Martin S. Needelman, Paul J. Acinapura and Richard J. Wagner of counsel), for respondent.
MEMORANDUM.
Order unanimously reversed without costs and motion to be restored to possession denied.
The facts of the case have been set forth in the opinion of the court below. We are compelled to follow the holdings of the Appellate Division, First Department, in the cases of P A Bros. v City of N.Y. Dept. of Parks Recreation ( 184 A.D.2d 267) and in Paulino v Wright ( 210 A.D.2d 171) wherein the Court held that the common-law remedy of self-help could be used peacefully against nontenants. Such was the fact pattern in the case at bar, since no force was used to evict petitioner from the apartment that she occupied for two weeks (see, Mountain View Coach Lines v Storms, 102 A.D.2d 663, 664-665). In addition, petitioner presented no factual showing of any colorable claim to a possessory interest so as to justify a departure from the rule set forth above.
KASSOFF, P.J., ARONIN and SCHOLNICK, JJ., concur.