Seitzman v. Hudson River Associates

OPINION OF THE COURT

Asch, J.

Plaintiffs are medical doctors who reside and own apartments at 137 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, a cooperative apartment building owned by 137 Riverside Owners, Inc. Plaintiff Seitzman is an internist, plaintiff Minóla is a psychiatrist. Each of them currently practices elsewhere in Manhattan. Defendant Hudson River Associates is the sponsor and selling agent of the cooperative corporation. It controls the board of directors of that organization.

In August of 1985, the defendant was using the ground-floor apartment 1A at the building as its sales office. Plaintiffs…