BEAN v MORGAN GUN HILL, LLC [51 Misc 3d 386] 387
CARMODY-WAIT 2d, Right to Jury Trial § 49:104;
CARMODY-WAIT 2d, Summary Proceedings to Recover
Possession of Real Property § 90:188.
DOLAN, RASCH’S NEW YORK LANDLORD AND TENANT IN-
CLUDING SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS (4th ed) §§ 1:2, 2:16,
2:19, 2:35, 4:27, 9:73–9:76, 9:94, 15:4, 15:39, 30:5.
MCKINNEY’S, Real Property Law § 226–b (1), (6).
NY JUR 2d, Landlord and Tenant §§ 15, 48, 55, 96, 104,
107, 111, 122, 247, 500, 690, 715, 768, 770, 783, 785,
798–799.
ANNOTATION REFERENCE
When lessor may withhold consent under unqualified
provision in lease prohibiting assignment or subletting of
leased premises without lessor’s consent. 21 ALR4th 188.
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Query: landlord and tenant residential lease right to
sublease or assign waiver of statutory protection null and
void lease provision security deposit
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Amber Bean, plaintiff pro se.
Morgan Gun Hill, LLC, Doing Business as Gun Hill Apart-
ments, defendant pro se.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCOTT A. MILLER, J.
Plaintiff commenced this small claim action on July 10, 2015
seeking $1,840 for return of security deposit, interest, and
travel expenses for litigation. An evidentiary hearing was held
on September 17, 2015. The essential facts in this case are not
in dispute. The plaintiff, Amber Bean, testified and defendant’s
agents, Robert Murphy and Jeff Hull, testified. After evalua-
tion of the evidence, the court finds and concludes as follows.
Plaintiff, a Cornell undergraduate, executed a residential
lease with defendant on October 6, 2012. Plaintiff and her
roommate, Tabitha Green, signed a one-year lease for apart-