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
Other Sections in This Document (23)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
- Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 42 N.Y.3d 415 (2024)
Full Text
893 charsKent is in direct tension with our holdings in Jazilek and Riverside, and we clarify that it is no longer authoritative. Contrary to Kent's conclusion, McKinney's status vis-à-vis the apartment has no bearing on whether the stipulation was void. Rather, the stipulation is void because it purports to waive a benefit of the rent laws. Accordingly, Kent provides no basis to dismiss Liggett's claims here. For the same reasons, the stipulation{**42 NY3d at 422} is not enforceable simply because it resolved a dispute between McKinney and Lew Realty and may have inured to McKinney's benefit (see e.g. Riverside, 10 NY3d at 21-22; Drucker v Mauro, 30 AD3d 37, 38 [1st Dept 2006] ["an agreement in purported or actual settlement of a landlord-tenant dispute which waives the benefit of a statutory protection is unenforceable as a matter of public policy, even if it benefits the tenant"]).[FN2]