Department of Housing Preservation & Development v. Deka Realty Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Goldstein, J.
Several issues concerning the imposition of contempt sanctions and civil penalties are raised on this appeal: (1) whether civil contempt fines, assessed for a landlord’s failure to remedy certain housing code violations on its premises, should properly be distributed to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York or to those tenants aggrieved by the existing violations; (2) whether contempt fines may be assessed, pursuant to a consent decree, based on a multiplication of individual housing code violations times *40the maximum…
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