ZCWK Associates v. Spadaro

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered June 21, 1996, which granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing defendants’ counterclaims, and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*127The motion court correctly held that plaintiff landlord’s "self-help” action in changing the locks to the demised premises, thereby impeding defendants’ access and use thereof prior to the rent commencement date, and therefore prior to any default by defendant tenant,…