Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Kura River Management, Ltd.

Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, entered September 1, 2000, affirming a judgment of Civil Court, New York County (Faviola Soto, J.), entered July 9, 1999, which, after nonjury trial, had dismissed petitioner landlord’s holdover proceeding against respondent commercial tenant, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Petitioner’s claim, that it properly terminated this valuable 50-to-100-car garage lease with 27 years remaining on the term because of the tenant’s alleged failure to acquire and maintain the required kind of insurance, was properly rejected by the…