2-4 Realty Associates v. Pittman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Final judgment entered December 4, 1987 affirmed, with $25 costs.

Section 2204.6 (d) of the New York City Rent and Eviction Regulations (9 NYCRR) provides that upon the death of a *312rent-control tenant, the landlord may not evict "either the surviving spouse of the deceased tenant or some other member of the deceased tenant’s family who has been living with the tenant” (emphasis supplied). In Braschi v Stahl Assocs. Co. (74 NY2d 201, 211), the Court of Appeals broadly construed the term "family” as used in the above regulation to include those persons whose "relationship is…