NYCHA Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Apartment

November 20, 2015

LVT Number: #26603

Tenant’s daughter appealed NYCHA’s decision that she didn’t qualify for succession rights after tenant died. The court ruled against the daughter. The daughter didn’t occupy the apartment with NYCHA’s written permission for one year before tenant died. It didn’t matter that NYCHA’s decision would cause a hardship for the daughter.

 

 

 

Tenant’s daughter appealed NYCHA’s decision that she didn’t qualify for succession rights after tenant died. The court ruled against the daughter. The daughter didn’t occupy the apartment with NYCHA’s written permission for one year before tenant died. It didn’t matter that NYCHA’s decision would cause a hardship for the daughter.

 

 

 

Basnight v. NYCHA: 2015 NY Slip Op 07742, 2015 WL 6181959 (App. Div. 1 Dept.; 10/22/15; Tom, JP, Andrias, Moskowitz, Kapnick, JJ)

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