Rahman v Lewis (2023 NY Slip Op 50371(U))
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Rahman v Lewis
2023 NY Slip Op 50371(U) [78 Misc 3d 1228(A)]
Decided on April 25, 2023
Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Bronx County
Lutwak, J.
Published by New York State Law Reporting
Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.
Decided on April 25, 2023
Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
SK M Faizur
Rahman, Petitioner-Landlord,
against
Katrina Lewis, Respondent-Tenant, and
JOHN
DOE, JANE DOE, Respondents-Undertenants.
L&T Index No. 322954/2022
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Gregory Bougopoulos, Esq.
Novick Edelstein
Pomerantz, PC
733 Yonkers Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10704
(914)
375-0100
gbougopoulos@novickedelstein.com
Attorneys for Respondent:
Catherine Cintron, Esq.,
Mobilization for Justice, Inc.
424 East 147th Street, 3rd Floor
Bronx,
New York 10455
(929) 946-4028
ccintron@mfjlegal.org
Diane E. Lutwak, J.
Recitation, as required by CPLR Rule 2219(A), of the papers considered in the
review of Respondent's motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to file answer:
Papers/NYSCEF DOC #
Notice of Motion 9
Attorney's Affirmation in Support 10
Respondent's Affidavit in Support 11
Memorandum of Law in Support 12
Answer 13
Exhibits A-B in Support
14-15
Attorney's Affirmation in Opposition 17
Exhibits A-B in Opposition
18
Attorney's Affirmation in Reply 20
Exhibit AA in Reply 21
PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND
BACKGROUND
This is a holdover eviction proceeding brought against a
month-to-month tenant with a federal Section 8 housing subsidy administered by the
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The predicate 90-day notice, authorized
by RPL §§ 232-a and 226-c,(2)(d) and dated January 20, 2021, terminated the