New Landlord Can Seek Tenant's Eviction in Housing Court

February 1, 2000

LVT Number: 13851

New landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that he had no landlord-tenant relationship with new landlord. He said that he was new landlord's licensee and should have gotten a notice to quit instead of a 30-day termination notice. The court ruled for landlord. Since prior landlord had a landlord-tenant relationship with month-to-month tenant and would have been entitled to terminate the tenancy, new landlord had the same remedy.

New landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that he had no landlord-tenant relationship with new landlord. He said that he was new landlord's licensee and should have gotten a notice to quit instead of a 30-day termination notice. The court ruled for landlord. Since prior landlord had a landlord-tenant relationship with month-to-month tenant and would have been entitled to terminate the tenancy, new landlord had the same remedy.

Ballesteros v. Rosello: NYLJ 1/19/00, p. 30, col. 4 (Civ. Ct. Kings; Sikowitz, J)

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