Thenebe v. Ansonia Associates

Order, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department (Ostrau, P. J., Miller and McCooe, JJ.), entered February 6, 1995, which affirmed the order of the Civil Court, New York County (Walter Tolub, J.), entered on December 30, 1992, awarding legal fees to respondent landlord incurred in its successful defense of an RPAPL article 7-A proceeding brought by petitioners tenants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We agree with the Appellate Term that since tenants may recover legal fees in successfully prosecuting RPAPL article 7-A proceedings where there is an attorneys’ fees provision in the…