140 West 69th Street Corp. v. Simis

The landlord seeks to recover possession of the premises described in the petition for tenants’ nonpayment of rent for the months of November and December, 1945, each in the amount of $240.33 and for arrears of rent in the amount of $600, pursuant to a written lease executed on August 6, 1940, for a term of ten years, commencing October 1, 1940, and ending September 30, 1950, at graduated rentals.

Originally, the annual rent reserved in the lease was: $1,500 from October 1, 1940, to September 30, 1943; $1,800 from October 1, 1943, to September 30, 1945; $2,200 from October 1, 1945, to…