Legal Opinion
Quinones v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 9, 2012Published
1Opinion of the Court
*474The hearing officer’s determination that petitioners failed to establish a reasonable excuse for their default (see Matter of Cherry v New York City Hous. Auth., 67 AD3d 438, 439 [1st Dept 2009]; Matter of Daniels v Popolizio, 171 AD2d 596, 597 [1st Dept 1991]) has a rational basis in the record and is not arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d 222, 231 [1974]). Petitioners’ excuses for failing to appear at the hearing were not supported by any documentation (see Cherry, 67…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- MATTER OF FANELLI v. New York City Conciliation & Appeals Bd.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Daniels v. PopolizioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Cherry v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Corchado v. PopolizioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991