Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Mitchell-Lama Apartment

April 1, 1996

LVT Number: 10481

Landlord sued to evict daughter of Mitchell Lama cooperative apartment after tenant died. The daughter claimed she had pass-on rights to the apartment. Tenant's daughter wasn't named in the 1992 and 1993 income/family composition statements filed by tenant and didn't otherwise prove that she lived in the apartment as her primary residence with tenant for the two-year period immediately preceding tenant's death. The court and appeals court ruled for landlord.

Landlord sued to evict daughter of Mitchell Lama cooperative apartment after tenant died. The daughter claimed she had pass-on rights to the apartment. Tenant's daughter wasn't named in the 1992 and 1993 income/family composition statements filed by tenant and didn't otherwise prove that she lived in the apartment as her primary residence with tenant for the two-year period immediately preceding tenant's death. The court and appeals court ruled for landlord.

Ruppert Housing Co. v. Adams: NLYJ, p. 31, col. 5 (3/29/96) (App. T. 1 Dept.; Ostrau, PJ, McCooe, Freedman, JJ)

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