Mengoni v. Passy

*499OPINION OF THE COURT

Order and final judgment dated June 14, 1996 modified only to the extent of vacating the award of punitive damages and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs.

Respondent, a rent-controlled tenant since 1976, replaced kitchen and bathroom appliances and fixtures without landlord’s prior written consent, in violation of a lease provision projected into the statutory tenancy. There is ample record evidence to support Civil Court’s findings after trial that the original apartment fixtures had fallen into a state of total disrepair and that tenant’s repeated requests for…