City of New York v. Wright

—Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department (Parness, J. P., and McCooe, J.; Glen, J., dissenting), entered August 10, 1994, which affirmed a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Howard Malatzky, J.), entered on or about October 22, 1992, evicting the respondent from her City-owned apartment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This illegal-use eviction proceeding was brought by the City, as landlord, against the respondent pursuant to RPAPL 711 (5), based upon a prior seizure of 35 jumbo vials of crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia,…