Beck-Klein v. Solow Management Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ira Gammerman, J.

Plaintiff, tenant, moves for an order declaring that she has a right to sublease her apartment, and directing that the defendants, owner and managing agent, consent to the proposed sublease.

Plaintiff occupies apartment 23A at 265 East 66th Street, New York City, pursuant to a lease. Paragraph 18(A) of that lease provides as follows: “Except as provided by §226(b) of the Real Property Law of New York, the Tenant shall not assign the lease, nor sublease the apartment * * * without the prior written consent of the landlord”. In accordance with that provision…