Legal Opinion
Metro North Owners, LLC v. Thorpe
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 25, 2008Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Lebovits, J.
In this holdover proceeding, petitioner alleges that respondent, Sonya Thorpe, a Section 8 tenant, violated her lease by creating a nuisance. According to petitioner’s notice of termination, respondent engaged in illegal and violent behavior during domestic disputes. Petitioner alleges that respondent stabbed John Capers on April 1, 2008, in one of numerous disturbances she allegedly created in and around the building.
Respondent denies these allegations and instead claims that Capers engaged in domestic violence against her. Invoking two clauses of the…
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- Johnson v. PhillipsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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- People v. MeseckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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