Corporation Can't Recover Apartment

December 1, 2004

LVT Number: 17736

Landlord, a limited liability company, sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant to recover apartment for personal use of its member. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. Under the Rent Stabilization Code, only a natural person can recover an apartment for owner occupancy. A corporation or LLC can't get the apartment for owner occupancy.

Landlord, a limited liability company, sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant to recover apartment for personal use of its member. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. Under the Rent Stabilization Code, only a natural person can recover an apartment for owner occupancy. A corporation or LLC can't get the apartment for owner occupancy.

KC 1077 Manhattan Assocs. LLC v. Mendez: NYLJ, 11/5/04, p. 27, col. 2 (App. T. 2 Dept.; Aronin, JP, Patterson, Golia, JJ)

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