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Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)

Citation
Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
Parent Document
Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
2024-06-20

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Liggett's claim is premised on events that occurred decades earlier. In 1984, an initial rent registration for the apartment was filed with the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), identifying Edward Brown as the rent-controlled tenant of record. When Brown died in 1998—the sole recorded tenant of the apartment—he paid $141.23 in rent per month. Upon Brown's death, Edward McKinney claimed to be Brown's successor to the rent-controlled apartment under Braschi v Stahl Assoc. Co. (74 NY2d 201 [1989]). Lew Realty disputed McKinney's status and commenced a holdover proceeding to evict him.