Lubin v. Lindenmere Properties Inc.

Plaintiffs are present or former tenants in a garden apartment complex known as the Maiden Queens Project (the Project), located in Kew Gardens Hills. The title holder to the project is Lindenmere Properties Inc. (Lindenmere). Lindenmere is wholly owned by a limited partnership of which the four partners of the law firm Levine, Honig, Eisenberg & Meyer were general partners.

Plaintiffs contend that the purpose of the acquisition of the project was to convert it into private homes. Defendants contend that the purpose was to convert it into condominiums. In any event, it is contended that…