GSL Enterprises, Inc. v. Lopez

Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department (Parness, J. P., McCooe and Freedman, JJ.), entered July 26, 1996, which affirmed a judgment of the Civil Court, New York County (Arlene Hahn, J.), entered March 12, 1995, after a non-jury trial, awarding possession of the subject apartment to petitioner landlord, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A fair interpretation of the evidence supports Appellate Term’s finding that respondent failed to meet his "affirmative obligation” to prove "emotional and financial commitment, and interdependence between [himself] and the tenant”…