94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- Citation
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- Jurisdiction
- New York (state)
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- cross_accepted_sealed
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- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
- 94 Misc. 2d 43; 404 N.Y.S.2d 941; 1978 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2195
Full Text
1,022 charsOPINION OF THE COURT Leonard N. Cohen, J. This protracted proceeding is a classic example of municipal urban housing and planning failure — an illusion once projected as progress for the subject building and neighboring blocks but allowed to crumble into the disillusion of decay, inaction, displacement of the poor, and scandal. The city contends it need not do anything to correct uninhabitable conditions and code violations of occupied, privately owned and abandoned multiple dwellings. This is sharply disputed by the four intervening tenants of a 20-unit multiple dwelling at 208 West 84th Street. The city’s contention highlights a bankrupt housing preservation policy which often renders the Housing Court helpless in discharging judicial responsibilities. The tenant’s right to habitable housing under section 235-b of the Real Property Law is undermined not only by the callousness of the owner but the city. Moreover, the integrity of the Housing Court is adversely affected in the dispensation of justice.