Pierce v. Hankins

OPINION OF THE COURT

John R. Cannizzaro, J.

This is a motion by respondent tenant to: (1) vacate and set aside a consent judgment; (2) stay the execution of the warrant of eviction; and (3) dismiss the holdover petition and notice of petition with prejudice.

In the case at bar, the respondent tenant resides in an eight-family multiple dwelling in a rent-controlled apartment located at 618 Park Place, Brooklyn, and has been occupying this apartment since July 7, 1963.

The petitioner landlord instituted a holdover summary proceeding in the Housing Part of this court on February 7, 1984, based upon…