220 Ingraham LLC v. Woolridge

OPINION OF THE COURT

Steven Z. Mostofsky, J.

The parties signed a lease on June 1, 2011 for a basement area at 220 Ingraham Street, in Brooklyn. The lease contained an option that permitted the respondent to renew the lease at a higher rent, on condition it met the original lease obligations.

The petitioner filed this commercial holdover proceeding in November 2014. The court granted respondent permission to serve a late answer by January 16, 2015. It served the answer with affirmative defenses on that date. Respondent subsequently served an amended answer with affirmative defenses and…