Legal Opinion
Evans v. Schneider
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 15, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Douglas E. Hoffman, J.
Respondent Ronald G. Schneider’s motion to dismiss this *115owner-occupancy summary holdover proceeding presents the court with an issue of apparent first impression: Whether the automatic stay provision of section 362 (a) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (11 USC) voided petitioner Samson Evans’ service upon respondent of the predicate 120- to 150-day notice of intention not to renew respondent’s lease, thereby mandating dismissal of the subsequent owner-occupancy holdover petition.
The material facts are not in dispute. Respondent’s rent-stabilized lease…
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