Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Melendez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 11, 1988PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kassal, J.
The issue before us is whether two noncontiguous apartments leased by defendant tenant comprise a single residential unit and, as such, constitute a primary residence subject to the protection of the rent regulatory statutes.
On or about October 19, 1973, defendant tenant, Elíseo Melendez, Jr. (tenant), entered into a two-year lease with plaintiffs’ predecessor in interest, 15 West 72nd Street Associates, for apartment 2-H, located at 15 West 72nd Street in Manhattan. The lease, which ran for a term commencing November 1, 1973 and ending October 31, 1975,…
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