In Matter of Bell v New York City Housing Authority , the New York County Supreme Court upheld the termination of Harold Bell's tenancy on the basis of "nondesirability."
On appeal, the Appellate Division, First Department, found that the evidence supported a judgment in the New York City Housing Authority 's favor.
According to the AD1, the testimony of the arresting detective, who entered the apartment in July of 2004 and found Bell holding a gun while surrounded by drugs and related paraphernalia, together with Bell's 2003 guilty plea to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, justified the outcome (notwithstanding the eventual dismissal of the 2004 charges).
While the tenancy's termination didn't "shock" the court's "sense of fairness," don't you find Bell's eviction alarming?
To download a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Matter of Bell v New York City Housing Authority