People v. Farmer

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sam Eisenberg, J.

The defendant is the owner of a multifamily dwelling in the City of Mount Vernon. He is charged with failing to supply heat and hot water on March 3, 4 and 5, 1980 in violation of the city’s housing code. The credible evidence established that, in fact, there was no heat or hot water on the premises March 3 and 4 and that it was restored in the afternoon of the 5th. The evidence established further that the disruption in the heat and hot water was caused by a break in a heat riser pipe in the front hallway on Saturday afternoon, March 1, as a result of…