University Property, LLC v. Vartanian

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered October 11, 2006, which granted defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees and referred the matter to a Special Referee for hearing and report, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff landlord commenced this action to evict defendants from a residential apartment in Manhattan. The first and second causes of action sought declarations that the lease was void as, respectively, against public policy and as a “sweetheart lease” that was lacking in consideration. The third cause of action sought a declaration that the apartment was…