Hotel Tenant Not Required to Sign Lease

February 1, 2003

LVT Number: 16369

Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant for unreasonably refusing to sign a lease. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant had requested the lease but then refused to sign it because it contained a jury waiver clause in case of a trial. Hotel tenant wasn't required to sign the lease, even if she had requested it.

Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant for unreasonably refusing to sign a lease. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant had requested the lease but then refused to sign it because it contained a jury waiver clause in case of a trial. Hotel tenant wasn't required to sign the lease, even if she had requested it.

Beverly Hotel Assocs. v. De Almeida: NYLJ, 1/28/03, p. 18, col. 1 (App. T.1 Dept.; McCooe, JP, Gangel-Jacob, Schoenfeld, JJ)

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