In re Holstein

The respondent, a Marshal of the City of New York, has been charged with filing false affidavits of nonmilitary service in connection with 48 landlord-tenant proceedings. These proceedings were instituted to facilitate urban renewal in the Arverne area of Queens.

Two of these affidavits involve buildings which had been demolished in the year preceding the alleged service. All the affidavits allege speaking to certain men in charge of these renewal areas to confirm the military status of the tenants involved, when in fact no such conversations occurred.

Any proceedings against these tenants were…