Aponte v. New York City Housing Authority

*221OPINION OF THE COURT

Philip S. Straniere, J.

Plaintiffs, five members of the Aponte family, commenced this action in Supreme Court, Richmond County against the defendant, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), alleging that owing to the negligence of the defendant, plaintiffs’ apartment at the Mariner’s Harbor Houses, Staten Island, New York has never been eradicated of a bedbug infestation condition. Plaintiffs assert that the condition began in 2012 and continues to date. Defendant NYCHA has admitted the apartment has had bedbugs on and off over a period of time, but denies any liability. A…