Roxborough Apartment Corp. v. Becker

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucy Billings, J.

*745In Capital Holding Co. v Stavrolakes (242 AD2d 240 [1st Dept 1997], affd 92 NY2d 1009 [1998]), the Court examined the extent to which Real Property Law § 235-f limits roommates in residential tenancies. In this case, the court determines the extent to which a residential lease may limit roommates, consistent with the statute, and construes the limitation on roommates imposed by a standard lease provision that refers to the statute.

While Real Property Law § 235-f allows a lease to limit roommates to one, the statute does not contain any prohibition or…