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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

520 East 86th Street, Inc. v. Leventritt, 127 Misc. 2d 566 (1985)

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520 East 86th Street, Inc. v. Leventritt, 127 Misc. 2d 566 (1985)
Parent Document
520 East 86th Street, Inc. v. Leventritt, 127 Misc. 2d 566 (1985)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
1985-03-11

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The situation before me is not similar to those encountered in what is popularly termed the “chronic or repeated nonpayment” holdover cases, but instead, is more akin to the situation encountered in Park Summit Realty Corp. v Frank (supra). A review of the rights and interests at stake as enunciated so well in Park Summit Realty Corp. v Frank (supra,) leads me to conclude that the analysis and conclusions reached in Grand Liberte Coop. v Bilhaud (supra), to the effect that such conditional limitations are valid and enforceable, are not controlling in the residential context. In the residential arena, I hold that Park Summit compels the opposite result. Moreover, since the dispute in Park Summit Realty Corp. v Frank (supra) involved a construction of the provisions of the Hotel Stabilization Code whereas here the landlord relies on a clearly defined conditional limitation clause set out in the proprietary lease, does not, in my opinion, distinguish the two cases. My reasons are as follows: