Landlord Can Evict Occupant

LVT Number: 10757

Landlord sued to evict occupant, claiming he was a licensee whose license had expired. The court ruled for landlord, and occupant appealed and lost. Occupant allowed landlord to believe that he was someone other than who he was in order to deceive landlord into treating him as rent-controlled tenant.

Landlord sued to evict occupant, claiming he was a licensee whose license had expired. The court ruled for landlord, and occupant appealed and lost. Occupant allowed landlord to believe that he was someone other than who he was in order to deceive landlord into treating him as rent-controlled tenant.

789 St. Marks Realty Corp. v. Waldron: NYLJ, p. 34, col. 3 (7/12/96) (App. T. 2 Dept.; Kassoff, PJ, Scholnick, Patterson, JJ)