Center for Behavioral Health Servs., Inc. v Bock (2008 NY Slip Op
50007(U))
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Center for Behavioral Health Servs., Inc. v Bock
2008 NY Slip Op 50007(U) [18 Misc 3d 1111(A)]
Decided on January 4, 2008
Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Kings County
Heymann, J.
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau
pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected in part through January 17, 2008; it
will not be published in the printed Official Reports.
Decided on January 4, 2008
Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County
Center for Behavioral
Health Services, Inc., Petitioner (Over-tenant- Licensor),
against
Michael Bock, Respondent (Under-tenant- Licensee)
60077/07
The petitioner was represented by:
Jonathan Weinberger, Esq.
880- Third Avenue (13th Fl.)
New York, New York 10022
212-752-3380
the respondent was represented by:
Jonathan D. Cohen, Esq.
Urban Justice Center
123 William Street, 16th Fl.
New York, New York 10038
646-602-5600
George M. Heymann, J.
INTRODUCTION
The petitioner, CBHS, operates a scatter-site supported housing program in Brooklyn, New
York, which is tailored for single men and women, over the age of eighteen, who have Axis I
mental health diagnosis. Supported Housing is designed "to ensure that individuals who are
seriously and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) may exercise their right to choose where they are
going to live, taking into consideration the recipient's functional skills, the range of affordable
housing options available in the area under consideration, and the type and extent of services and
resources that recipients require to maintain their residence with the community."[FN1]
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CBHS rents individual apartments in various buildings