Housing Authority, Newark v. West

This is an appeal from a summary dispossess action initiated by plaintiff-public housing authority under N. J. 8. A. 2A :18-53 et seq. for nonpayment of rent. The primary questions raised by this appeal are whether the County District Court had subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case and, if it did, whether it was proper for that court to grant judgment for possession in favor of the housing authority and then stay the issuance of the war*302rant for removal for approximately two years. The ostensible purpose of this stay was to give the tenant an opportunity to pay her arrearages consisting…