Case Type
Holdover
Holdover Type
Licensee
Housing Type
Rent Stabilized
Court
Civil Court of the City of New York
County
New York County (Manhattan)
L&T / Index / Case / Docket / Clerk's Number
57569/2017
Petitioner
ABACUS CLINTON LLC
Respondent
ISIDRO RAMOS
Judge
Stoller, Jack
Decision/Order Date
2018-04-24
Posture
Post-trial Decision
Disposition
Judgment for Tenant
Winner
Tenant Substantially Won
Synopsis
Landlord brought a holdover claiming that respondent was not a tenant, but a licensee of a previous phony landlord. Eventually building purchased by new private landlord. The landlord demanded rent from the tenant, accepted payment, registered the tenant as a rent-stabilized tenant with DHCR, joined tenant to an HP proceeding, offered tenant a rent-stabilized lease, and initiated a nonpayment proceeding. None of these acts would be independently sufficient to establish a landlord-tenant relationship, but collectively they do and so respondent is not a licensee subject to termination, but a tenant.
Recommended Citation
"Abacus Clinton LLC v. Ramos" (2018). All Decisions. 22.
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/housing_court_all/22
