“URGENT AND NECESSARY REPAIRS” TO UNIT WERE REQUIRED
After a Judge of the New York County Civil Court Housing Part directed (as part of an enforcement proceeding) that a tenant provide access to her unit, an appeal followed.
And on its review of the record, the Appellate Term, First Department, noted that the Housing Part has “expansive jurisdiction” over cases which seek to “enforce proper housing standards.”
Given that power, the AT1 saw no irregularity with the Civil Court judge directing that the tenant give access to the landlord, especially since “urgent and necessary repairs” were required.
The tenant’s objections to the scheduling of a pre-trial conference were also discounted, as the court typically has “broad discretion to control its calendar.”
How’s that for a point of entry?
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DECISION