Griffin Units, LLC v. Walker

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Final judgment affirmed without costs.

In this licensee summary proceeding (RPAPL 713 [7]) filed on or about October 3, 2006 landlord contends that appellant Keir Walker is a licensee of the deceased tenant of record Cynthia Reed and that appellant’s right to occupy the subject premises terminated upon Reed’s death. In opposition, appellant asserts that he is the eldest son of Cynthia Reed and entitled to succeed to her rent-stabilized tenancy by virtue of his contemporaneous co-occupancy of the apartment for the requisite statutory period, prior to her death on…