Legal Opinion
City of New York v. New York & Hong Kong Reciprocation Exchange Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward H. Lehner, J.
The central legal issue raised in this action, commenced by the City of New York (the City) to enforce a lien filed in 1998 in the amount of $284,861.95 for expenses incurred in relocating 55 people allegedly illegally residing in the basement of the building located at 47 Canal Street (the building), is whether such persons may be deemed “tenants” pursuant to the provi*717sions of section 26-305 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.
On March 18, 1994 the City fire department executed an order to vacate the occupants of the basement of the…
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