Hudson Street Equities Group v. Escoffier

OPINION OF THE COURT

Final judgment, entered on or about November 30, 2004, affirmed, with $25 costs.

The trial court’s fact-laden determination that the long-term rent-stabilized tenant primarily resides in the subject Hudson Street, Manhattan, apartment represents a fair interpretation of the voluminous trial evidence, and is not disturbed. Based largely on its favorable assessment of the tenant’s testimony as “remarkable” in its “accuracy],” and its stated skepticism over the credibility of the landlord’s superintendent, the trial court was warranted in concluding that tenant maintains an…