Case Type
Defamation
Housing Type
Rent Stabilized
Court
Supreme Court of the State of New York
County
New York (Manhattan)
Slip Opinion Number
2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 30956
Petitioner
Rent Stabilization Association of NYC, Inc.
Respondent
Michael McKee, Tenants Political Action Committee, Inc., and Met Council, Inc. d/b/a Metropolitan Council on Housing
Judge
Jaffe, Barbara
Decision/Order Date
2024-03-22
Posture
Summary Judgment (After Joinder)
Disposition
Other
Winner
Other
Synopsis
The court denied all parties' motions for summary judgment in a defamation case. The tenant advocacy group allegedly made false statements about the landlord association during a legislative hearing. The key legal point is that a limited-purpose public figure, like the landlord association here, must prove actual malice to win a defamation lawsuit against a speaker.
Recommended Citation
"Rent Stabilization Ass'n of N.Y.C. v. McKee" (2024). All Decisions. 1435.
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/housing_court_all/1435
