Allen v 219 24th St. LLC (2020 NY Slip Op 50513(U))
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Allen v 219 24th St. LLC
2020 NY Slip Op 50513(U) [67 Misc 3d 1212(A)]
Decided on May 6, 2020
Civil Court, New York County
Stoller, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.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 May 6, 2020
Civil Court, New York County
RICHARD
ALLEN, et al., Petitioners,
against
219 24th STREET LLC, et al.,
Respondents.
Index No. HP 57401/2019
For Petitioners: Mobilization for Justice, by Brian Sullivan and Meaghan
Whyte
For Respondent-Owners: Belkin Burden and Goldman, by Matthew
Brett
For Respondent-HPD: Marti Weithman
For Respondent-DOB: Rachel Rabinowitz and New York City Law
Department, by Alan Kleinman, Daniel Whitman, and Cynthia Weaver
Jack Stoller, J.
Richard M. Allen, Ramon Casares, Dru Fitzpatrick, Kenneth J. Robertson, Kenneth
A. Vaher, and Mark N. Lulgjuri, the petitioners in this proceeding ("Petitioners"),
commenced this Housing Part proceeding ("HP proceeding") against 219 24th Street
LLC, Amazon Realty Group LLC, Clara Sokol, and Abraham Lokshin, respondents in
this proceeding ("Respondents"), the Department of Housing Preservation and
Development of the City of New York ("HPD"), and the New York City Department of
Buildings ("DOB"), seeking an order directing Respondents to correct conditions that
caused a vacate order to be placed on 219 West 24th Street ("219"), 221 West 24th Street
("221"), and 223 West 24th Street ("223"), New York, New York (collectively, "the
subject premises") and seeking relief on a cause of action sounding in harassment
pursuant to N.Y.C. Admin. Code §27-2005(d). DOB interposed a cross-claim