No. 2007-220 RI C. December 13, 2007. APPEAL from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Richmond County (Marina Mundy, J.), entered December 15, 2006. The order granted respondents' motion to dismiss in a nonpayment summary proceeding. Maletira B. Thimmaiah, Staten Island, for appellant. Legal Aid Society, Staten Island ( Christopher Lamb of counsel), for respondents. Before: WESTON PATTERSON, J.P., GOLIA and BELEN, JJ. OPINION OF THE COURT MEMORANDUM. Order reversed without costs
2012-05-17 WOMEN'S INTERART CENTER, INC., Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (EDC), et al., Defendants. Women's Interart Center, Inc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Clinton Housing Development Fund Corp., Defendant–Appellant, City of New York, Intervenor–Appellant. Rappaport Hertz Cherson & Rosenthal, P.C., Forest Hills (Jeffrey M. Steinitz, Howard Levine and Milan Dey–Chao of counsel), for Clinton Housing Development Fund Corp., appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel
(a) Housing accommodation. That part of any building or structure, occupied or intended to be occupied by one or more individuals as a residence, home, dwelling unit or apartment, and all services, privileges, furnishings, furniture and facilities supplied in connection with the occupation thereof. The term housing accommodation will also apply to any plot or parcel of land which had been regulated pursuant to the City of Rent Law prior to July 1, 1971, and which became subject to the RSL after June
(a) As long as the tenant continues to pay the rent to which the owner is entitled, no tenant shall be denied a renewal lease or be removed from any housing accommodation by action to evict or to recover possession, by exclusion from possession, or otherwise, nor shall any person attempt such removal or exclusion from possession, except on one or more of the grounds specified in this Code. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or attempt to remove any tenant from any housing accommodation