Legal Opinion
Solow v. Wellner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 31, 1995PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Appellants are a group of approximately 65 current and former tenants of an apartment building located at 265 East 66th Street in Manhattan. Following a pervasive rent strike, the landlord commenced summary nonpayment proceedings to recover unpaid rent for the period October 1987 through May 1988. In a joint trial before the Civil Court the tenants conceded the landlord’s prima facie case of rent nonpayment but asserted as an affirmative defense and counterclaim the landlord’s breach of the implied warranty of habitability (Real Property Law § 235-b). The tenants…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Park West Management Corp. v. MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Solow v. WellnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Solow v. WellnerCivil Court of the City of New York · 1991
- Solow v. WellnerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1992
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