Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Failing to Buy Co-op Apartment

LVT Number: #26787

Landlord sued to evict tenant after the building was converted to cooperative ownership and tenant failed to purchase her apartment. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord showed good cause for terminating tenant’s month-to-month tenancy based on tenant’s failure to purchase, and landlord’s delay in starting the eviction proceeding didn’t matter. 

 

Landlord sued to evict tenant after the building was converted to cooperative ownership and tenant failed to purchase her apartment. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord showed good cause for terminating tenant’s month-to-month tenancy based on tenant’s failure to purchase, and landlord’s delay in starting the eviction proceeding didn’t matter. 

 
322 West 47th Street HDFC v. Loo: 2016 NY Slip Op 50227(U), 2016 WL 744395 (App. T. 1 Dept.; 2/25/16; Schoenfeld, JP, Shulman, J)