Parmer Realty Corp. v. Bercowitz

This action was instituted by the landlord to evict the tenant from a three-room basement apartment. The apartment was constructed in compliance with the requirements of section 216 of the Multiple Dwelling Law. Plans were filed with the Department of Housing and Buildings and after completion of the building, a certificate of occupancy was issued covering the apartment in question.

The Department of Housing and Buildings has now placed a violation against the premises because of the occupancy of the apartment by the present tenant, a person other than a janitor and his family as limited by…