Gyasi v Antiwiwaa (2018 NY Slip Op 51488(U))
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Gyasi v Antiwiwaa
2018 NY Slip Op 51488(U) [61 Misc 3d 1213(A)]
Decided on October 25, 2018
Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Bronx County
Kraus, J.
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pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.
Decided on October 25, 2018
Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
Reagan K. Gyasi,
Plaintiff,
against
Dora Antiwiwaa & NANA AWUAH SAKYI,
Defendants.
CV-015884-18/BX
REAGAN K GYASI
Plaintiff, pro se.
DORA ANTWIWAA
Defendant, pro se.
NAN AWUAH SAKYI
Defendant, pro se.
Sabrina B. Kraus, J.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to a summons and endorsed complaint dated
August 10, 2018, seeking $15,720.00 for "breach of contract or warranty" and for "illegal
eviction, seized property and obstruction of mail."
Dora Antiwiwaa (Dora) and Nana Awuah Sakyi (Nana) appeared pro se and filed
answers in August 2018, asserting general denials, and that no monies were owed.
The action was initially on the court's calendar on September 13, 2016. It was adjourned to
October 18, 2018 for trial.
On October 18, 2018, the court held the trial and reserved decision.
FINDINGS OF FACT
All three parties testified at the trial. Plaintiff testified that in the late summer or early fall of
2015, he made an agreement with Dora and Nana to rent a room in Apartment G at 1775 Walton
Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10453 (Subject Premises).
The Subject Premises is a rent stabilized apartment. The landlord is 1785 Walton Avenue
Associates LP. Dora is the rent stabilized tenant of record for said apartment. A one year renewal