Matter of Enriquez v. Department of Hous. Preserv. & Dev. of the City of N.Y.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann BriganttiHughes, J.), entered June 26, 2013, which denied petitioner’s application to summarily discharge a lien for relocation expenses filed by respondent Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and granted HPD’s cross motion to dismiss the proceeding, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition for summary discharge granted, and the cross motion to dismiss the proceeding denied.

HPD filed a lien on premises owned by petitioner for expenses related to HPD’s relocation of a tenant from an illegal cellar…