Eviction Case Against Professor Delayed

November 1, 2003

LVT Number: 16923

In 1998, landlord seminary school gave tenant professor an apartment in its building. Landlord later leased the building to Columbia University, canceled tenant professor's apartment assignment, and reassigned him to a smaller apartment. Tenant professor refused to move, and landlord sued to evict him. Tenant professor asked the court to delay the eviction case. He claimed that the seminary's faculty guide stated that apartment reassignment could be done only with tenant professor's consent. The court ruled for tenant professor and delayed the eviction case.

In 1998, landlord seminary school gave tenant professor an apartment in its building. Landlord later leased the building to Columbia University, canceled tenant professor's apartment assignment, and reassigned him to a smaller apartment. Tenant professor refused to move, and landlord sued to evict him. Tenant professor asked the court to delay the eviction case. He claimed that the seminary's faculty guide stated that apartment reassignment could be done only with tenant professor's consent. The court ruled for tenant professor and delayed the eviction case. Landlord and tenant professor must get a ruling from the state Supreme Court on what tenant professor's rights were.

Union Theological Seminary v. Harris: NYLJ, 10/15/03, p. 18, col. 1 (Civ. Ct. NY; McClanahan, J)

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