82-10 Roosevelt Ave. Inc. v. Sachs

The landlord • has instituted this summary proceeding to obtain possession of certain store premises located at 40-09 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, New York, by reason of the tenants’ failure to pay the monthly rent that became due on November 1,1949, pursuant to the terms of a written lease.

The tenants in their answer admit the execution of the lease and plead by way of affirmative defense that they tendered the emergency rent of $115 per month which the landlord has refused to'accept and secondly that an agreement heretofore entered into between the landlord and the tenants’ predecessor…