Case Type

Holdover-Lease Expiration

Housing Type

Market Rate

Court

Civil Court of the City of New York

County

New York County (Manhattan)

L&T / Index / Case / Docket / Clerk's Number

LT-319209-25/NY

Petitioner

210-212 East 87th Street LLC, Mautner-Glick Corp. d/b/a GPG Management

Respondent

Kyle Kaitz, John Doe, Jane Doe

Judge

Vendzules, Jason P.

Decision/Order Date

2026-08-12

Posture

Pre-Answer Motion by Landlord

Disposition

Case Dismissed/discontinued

Winner

Tenant Substantially Won

Synopsis

Landlord commenced a lease-expiration holdover proceeding. The court dismissed the petition sua sponte under CPLR § 409(b), finding the annexed Good Cause Eviction Law notice fatally contradictory: it simultaneously indicated the premises was not subject to GCEL and that it was, and that the landlord both was and was not offering a renewal lease. The irreconcilably contradictory notice failed to meet the baseline requirement of a clear, unambiguous predicate notice.

Keywords

GCEL; Contradictory GCEL Notice; Defective GCEL Notice Mandates Dismissal; RPL § 231-C

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