Jay-Ess Realty Co. v. Rusinova

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eileen N. Nadelson, J.

*313Plaintiff instituted this plenary action to recover rents allegedly due under a residential lease several years after defendants vacated the premises. Plaintiff avers that defendants signed a standard lease renewal for their rent-stabilized apartment that was to continue the lease for one year after the expiration of their then current lease. The current lease was due to expire on April 30, 2001. Defendants, however, assert that they never signed the lease renewal form and that, regardless of the questionable renewal, plaintiff released them from all…