Sixth Street Associates v. Grubler

OPINION OF THE COURT

Charles E. Ramos, J.

The petitioner landlord seeks to evict the respondent tenant from the subject rent-stabilized apartment as a holdover, on the ground that the petitioner is not required to offer the respondent a renewal lease because one of the partners (the petitioner is a partnership) desires the apartment for his own use.

The respondent opposes eviction on the ground that the petitioner, as a partnership, may not maintain such a proceeding. Rather the respondent contends only an owner who owns in the name of one individual may be a proper party petitioner. The…