Midboro Management v. Golub

This is a summary proceeding by a landlord to remove a statutory tenant from his residential apartment in a large apartment house located at 1148 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Simply stated, the landlord’s position is that the tenant has breached a serious and substantial obligation of his expired lease by continuing to maintain an air-conditioning unit in the apartment after the landlord had requested the tenant in writing to remove the unit; and this, despite the fact that the air-conditioning unit may have been installed with the landlord’s written consent.

The eviction of the tenant is…