Bowles v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered April 30, 2014, which granted defendant New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) CPLR 3212 motion for summary judgment dismissing of the complaint, and denied plaintiffs’ cross motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This action for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering arises from a fire that occurred in an apartment occupied by plaintiff’s decedent, Alease Jenkins, on August 7, 2011. NYCHA owned and maintained the decedent’s apartment. Plaintiff Chevelle…