Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC (2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U))
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Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC
2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)]
Decided on April 6, 2022
Civil Court Of The City Of New York, New York County
Tsai, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.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 6, 2022
Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Arlene Marie Karole,
Claimant,
against
340 West End Avenue, LLC, Defendant.
Index No. SC-016590-21/NY
Arlene Marie Karole, claimant pro se.
Steven Kirschner, for defendant 340
West End Avenue LLC [Note: Mr. Kirschner is a non-attorney appearing on behalf of defendant
in a small claims matter]
Richard Tsai, J.
On August 11, 2021, claimant Arlene Marie Karole commenced this small claims action
against defendant 340 West End Ave, LLC, seeking $2,655.86 in damages for, among other
things, defendant's failure to return a security deposit for an apartment which claimant had leased
from defendant. On February 1, 2022, claimant amended her claim to increase the amount of
damages to $3,851.89 (Court Exhibit I).
This court conducted a nonjury trial of this small claims matter on March 24, 2022, starting
at 10:25 a.m. and concluding at 12:25 pm. Claimant appeared virtually via MS Teams; defendant
appeared in person by Steven Kirschner, the president of Kay Equities, the management company
of the apartment building. The trial was held on the record via FTR recording in Room 419 at
111 Centre Street, New York, New York.
Claimant testified at the trial and submitted 13 exhibits that were accepted into evidence,
marked sequentially as Plaintiff's Exhibits A through M.