Petition Missing Ownership Date

April 30, 1997

LVT Number: 11423

Landlord, a not-for-profit institution, sued to evict 15 rent-stabilized tenants to recover apartments for use by students and faculty in connection with its religious and educational purposes. Tenants claimed that landlord's nonrenewal notices and petitions were defective because they didn't state the date of ownership of the building. The court ruled for tenants and dismissed the cases. Under the rent stabilization law, landlord could recover apartments for its not-for-profit use if tenants moved in after landlord bought the building for that purpose.

Landlord, a not-for-profit institution, sued to evict 15 rent-stabilized tenants to recover apartments for use by students and faculty in connection with its religious and educational purposes. Tenants claimed that landlord's nonrenewal notices and petitions were defective because they didn't state the date of ownership of the building. The court ruled for tenants and dismissed the cases. Under the rent stabilization law, landlord could recover apartments for its not-for-profit use if tenants moved in after landlord bought the building for that purpose. By leaving out the date of ownership in its notices and petitions, landlord didn't provide facts necessary to make its claims against tenants.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America v. Fitzer: NYLJ, p. 28, col. 2 (4/9/97) (Civ. Ct. NY; Madden, J)

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