Tenant Erected Unauthorized Partition Wall

January 13, 2014

LVT Number: #25254

Landlord of low-income cooperative building sued to evict tenant for violating her lease by erecting a partition wall without landlord's consent. Tenant claimed discrimination and retaliatory eviction. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The trial court fairly ruled that tenant had violated her lease and that there was no discrimination or retaliation. Notably, tenant didn't claim in her appeal that she performed the postjudgment cure permitted by the court.

Landlord of low-income cooperative building sued to evict tenant for violating her lease by erecting a partition wall without landlord's consent. Tenant claimed discrimination and retaliatory eviction. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The trial court fairly ruled that tenant had violated her lease and that there was no discrimination or retaliation. Notably, tenant didn't claim in her appeal that she performed the postjudgment cure permitted by the court.

Jerome Avenue Tenants HDFC v. Mosaleva: 2013 NY Slip Op 52236(U), 2013 WL 6847260 (App. T. 1 Dept.; 12/30/13; Schoenfeld, JP, Shulman, Hunter Jr., JJ)

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