tenant to be restored to possession and directed landlord to restore tenant to possession upon
tenant's payment of arrears in the sum of $8,519.51, in effect, by September 16, 2014 and to
restore the premises to a habitable condition forthwith upon such payment. Tenant failed to make
the payment due by September 16, 2014 and, instead, moved, by order to show cause dated
September 16, 2014, to, among other things, be restored to possession. By order dated September
18, 2014, the Civil Court extended tenant's time for payment until September 22, 2014 and
adjourned the remainder of tenant's motion to September 22, 2014. In an order dated September
22, 2014, the Civil Court found that it was undisputed that all arrears had been paid on
September 19, 2014 and that tenant had been restored to possession, and ordered landlord to
restore the premises to a habitable condition. The court also directed tenant to provide landlord
with access on specified dates and times in early September and the beginning of October to
allow landlord to effectuate the necessary repairs to the premises. Thereafter, in November 2014,
tenant moved to, among other things, punish landlord and Larry Jeremias, landlord's managing
agent, for civil contempt for violating the orders dated September 4, 2014 and September 22,
[*2]2014 (see Judiciary Law § 753), alleging, among
other things, that they had failed to restore the premises to a habitable condition. Landlord and
Jeremias opposed the motion, asserting, among other things, that tenant had denied access to the
premises. By order entered March 12, 2015, the Civil Court, among other things, denied as
"moot" the branch of tenant's motion seeking to punish landlord and Jeremias for contempt for