Cohen v. Brown, Harris Stevens, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

The plaintiffs are shareholders of a residential cooperative building located at 180 East 79th Street, New York, New York, and, pursuant to a proprietary lease issued to them by *86Third Colony Corp. (Third Colony), the owner of the cooperative building, they occupy apartment No. 6-D in the building.

Additionally, commencing sometime in 1979, the plaintiff also leased from Third Colony on a month-to-month basis two maids’ rooms located on the first floor of the building at $50 per month. The plaintiffs were renters of the maids’ room space, not having…