Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)

Citation: Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)
Parent Document: Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)
Jurisdiction: New York (state)
Effective Date: 2015-02-24
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5643825/conason-v-megan-holding-llc/ ↗

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First, a witness from the utility company testified that an electricity and gas account in the name of Candida Vasquez was closed by the tenant on May 30, 2003, and there was no active account for the apartment until Conason opened one on November 1, 2003. Second, the building’s superintendent in 2003 testified that the apartment’s last occupants before Conason were Vasquez and Jacobo Rivera; that no one lived in the apartment between their departure and Conason’s arrival; and that he did not know of any person named Suzuki Oki. A neighbor similarly testified that the apartment was vacant in the summer and fall of 2003. Additionally, DHCR records disclosed that Rivera was the registered tenant in 2002 under a lease expiring on September 30, 2003. As noted by the Judge later in her opinion, DHCR’s rent registration records identify the legal regulated rent for tenants’ apartment in 2002 as $475.24 a month. As for Ku, Civil Court summarized his testimony as follows:

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