Trustees of Columbia University v. Richman

Order, Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, entered December 14, 2000, which affirmed an order and final judgment of the Civil Court, New York County (Brenda Spears, J.), entered September 9, 1999, awarding petitioner landlord possession of the subject apartment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In opposing the petition seeking possession of the subject apartment, respondents maintain that they are entitled to remain in the apartment as successors to the rent-controlled *157tenancy of respondent Richman’s deceased mother. Civil Court and Appellate Term, however, correctly…