Roxborough Apartments Corp. v. Becker

Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, entered December 6, 2000, reversing an order of the Civil Court, New York County (Lucy Billings, J.), entered on or about September 3, 1999, which, in a holdover proceeding, had granted tenant’s motion to dismiss the petition, denied tenant’s motion and reinstated the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Appellate Term correctly held that the lease reasonably limited occupancy of the rent-stabilized apartment to one roommate. The lease provided for occupancy “by the tenant or tenants named above and by the immediate…