Legal Opinion
Morrisania II Associates v. Harvey
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 29, 1988PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Michael D. Stallman, J,
This respondent tenant’s motion for summary judgment in a licensee holdover proceeding raises issues of first impression. Does the Federal section 8 housing assistance law (42 USC § 1437f) preempt or supersede New York landlord-tenant law? Do relatives of section 8 tenants have succession rights regardless of New York law? Are a deceased tenant’s sworn statements to the landlord binding on, or admissible against, her child and grandchildren?
CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES
It is agreed that in August 1973 Georgia Harvey, respondent’s mother, leased the…
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