Legal Opinion
Chinatown Apartments, Inc. v. Chun Fong Lee
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 13, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Joan A. Madden, J.
Petitioner moves for summary judgment claiming respondents are barred from litigating their claim of succession rights as a result of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD’s) denial of their appeal regarding this issue.
The underlying action is a summary proceeding wherein petitioner seeks to recover possession of the subject premises, and respondents claim succession rights to the premises based upon a familial relationship with the tenant of record, Kung Fay Lee, who died during respondents’ alleged residency with…
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