Crotona Park Redevelopment, LLC v Williams (2020 NY Slip Op 50221(U))
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Crotona Park Redevelopment, LLC v Williams
2020 NY Slip Op 50221(U) [66 Misc 3d 1223(A)]
Decided on February 17, 2020
Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Bronx County
Lutwak, J.
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau
pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.
Decided on February 17, 2020
Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
Crotona Park
Redevelopment, LLC, Landlord [Petitioner],
against
Chantay Williams, Tenant [Respondent], "JOHN DOE" AND
"JANE DOE," Undertenant [Respondents].
29490/2017
Attorney for Petitioner:
Valiotis & Novella, PLLC
31-10 37th Avenue, Suite 500
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718)
267-0300
Attorney for Respondent:
Law Offices of Karen Takach,
PLLC
3311 Tiemann Avenue, Suite 2
Bronx, New York 10469
(646) 688-5209
Diane E. Lutwak, J.
This is a nonpayment eviction proceeding against a tenant residing in a privately-owned,
project-based Section 8 development. The primary question for this court to decide, after trial, is
the legality of the landlord's actions in terminating the tenant's housing assistance and charging
her a market rate rent due to her failure to relocate to a smaller apartment based upon her
household size and the development's occupancy standards. For the following reasons, the court
[*2]finds the termination of assistance was proper and, as
Respondent failed to establish any other defense, Petitioner is entitled to a final judgment of
possession and a money judgement for unpaid rent.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Crotona Park Redevelopment, LLC (Petitioner) brought this proceeding against Chantay
Williams (Respondent [FN1]