Government of St. Lucia v 126 E. 36th St. LLC (2025 NY Slip Op
50752(U))
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Government of St. Lucia v 126 E. 36th St. LLC
2025 NY Slip Op 50752(U) [85 Misc 3d 1280(A)]
Decided on April 17, 2025
Supreme Court, New York County
Lebovits, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.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 17, 2025
Supreme Court, New York County
Government
of Saint Lucia, Plaintiff,
against
126 East 36th Street LLC,
Defendant.
Index No. 650681/2018
Roger Victor Archibald, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY (Roger V. Archibald of
counsel), for plaintiff.
Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron LLP, New York, NY
(Daniel Goldenberg of counsel), for defendant.
Gerald Lebovits, J.
This is a post-trial motion in a residential-landlord-tenant action between
plaintiff-tenant, the Government of Saint Lucia, and defendant-landlord, 126 East 36th
Street LLC.
The action arises from a 2017 dispute between the parties over the condition of an
apartment that plaintiff leased from defendant for the use of plaintiff's ambassador to the
United Nations. Several months into the lease, plaintiff, contending that an untreated
vermin infestation rendered the premises unsuitable for the ambassador's use, vacated the
premises early. Defendant disputed whether the premises were experiencing a vermin
infestation (and whether defendant had taken reasonable steps to address plaintiff's
complaints about the apartment), and did not return plaintiff's security deposit.
Plaintiff brought this action in 2018, asserting claims for breach of contract, breach
of the [*2]covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and