Clason Management Corp. v. Herman

Botein, P. J. (dissenting).

Petitioner is the owner of a tract of land in the Clason Point section of The Bronx. It rents parcels of that part of the tract with which this litigation is concerned to some 90 tenants, on a monthly tenancy basis, at rentals of about $20 a month or less. Located on these parcels are bungalow-type dwellings, for the most part containing four rooms, erected by the tenants or their predecessors prior to 1941, and occupied by the tenants since 1952 and in many instances for much longer periods. The tenants are the owners of the bungalows, which may be removed by them…