Equity Properties Corp. v. Bonhomme

OPINION OF THE COURT

Helen E. Freedman, J.

Petitioner, Equity Properties Corp., seeks to terminate a subtenancy on the ground that the prime tenant did not receive prior consent to sublet from the landlord. Respondent Bonhomme had been a tenant of Apartment No. 6 at 287 West 4th Street since October, 1972. She remained in possession of the premises, as a rent-stabilized tenant pursuant to a series of three-year leases. The most recent of the leases, which commenced on October 1, 1978, contains a rider, negotiated by the parties, specifically granting the tenant the right to sublet subject to…