Welland Estates, Inc. v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosenberger, J.

Petitioner, Welland Estates, Inc., was the owner of a single-room occupancy (SRO) building located at 222 Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Between 1982 and 1984 the building had one elderly tenant, who died in January 1984. After an inspection *194revealed that the building was structurally unsound and dangerous, respondent Borough Superintendent served petitioner and the mortgagee with an unsafe building notice on February 9, 1984. The unsafe building notice directed Welland Estates to choose immediately one of three optional remedies: demolish, seal off, or…