Martino v. Southbridge Towers, Inc.

The determination that petitioner did not have the right to succeed to the subject apartment upon the death of the tenant of record has a rational basis. The housing company was never notified in writing that petitioner had assumed occupancy in the apartment (see 9 NYCRR 1727-3.6), and when the tenant of record died on January 6, 1999, the only credible evidence that the apartment was petitioner’s primary residence was the affidavit of income filed by the tenant of record in April 1998 listing petitioner as a resident of the apartment. Accordingly, even accepting petitioner’s claim that she…