Illegal Drug Activity at Apartment

August 31, 1998

LVT Number: 12584

(Decision submitted by Dean M. Roberts of the Manhattan law firm of Szold & Brandwen, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.) Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal drug activity in another apartment at tenant's building. An undercover police officer testified in court about one incident in which he was led to an apartment by another person. Tenant was in the apartment and sold the officer three nickel bags of crack cocaine. Tenant claimed that this isolated incident didn't constitute an illegal business. The court ruled for landlord.

(Decision submitted by Dean M. Roberts of the Manhattan law firm of Szold & Brandwen, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.) Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal drug activity in another apartment at tenant's building. An undercover police officer testified in court about one incident in which he was led to an apartment by another person. Tenant was in the apartment and sold the officer three nickel bags of crack cocaine. Tenant claimed that this isolated incident didn't constitute an illegal business. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant's sale of even a small amount of narcotics was a transaction consistent with continuous illegal activity.

Kenmore Assocs., LP v. Bryant: L&T Index No. 59347/98 (5/4/98) (Civ. Ct. NY; Shulman, J) [5-page document]

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