Mount Vernon Housing Authority v. McCoy

Memorandum. Final judgment in favor of respondent, affirmed, without costs.

After a lengthy decision (Mount Vernon Housing Auth. v McCoy, 79 Misc 2d 472) the trial court dismissed the petition, "without prejudice to reinstate the same after a proper constitutional foundation has been laid” (id., p 479). The trial court concluded that petitioner did not follow procedural due process guidelines for increasing the rent of the tenant and also found that the purported notice of termination was ineffective. It is with the first conclusion that we disagree.

A notice was sent to the tenants on June 5,…