Ryerson Towers, Inc. v. Estate of Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Order modified by providing that the petition is reinstated as against occupant Rudolph Brown and by remanding the matter to the court below for further proceedings, and as so modified, affirmed, without costs.

In this holdover proceeding, landlord, a Mitchell-Lama housing corporation, seeks to recover possession of an apartment after the tenant residing therein died. Tenant’s son has taken possession of the apartment and is claiming a right to occupancy thereof. Before commencing this proceeding, landlord obtained the required certificate of eviction from the…