Ming Hei Chan v. Martinez

Determination of respondent Housing Authority, dated December 6, 2000, terminating petitioner’s tenancy, unanimously confirmed, the petition *201denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Michael Stallman, J.], entered May 8, 2001) dismissed, without costs.

Substantial evidence was adduced at the hearing to support respondent’s determination that petitioner slashed his wife’s throat. In view of the seriousness of the assault, the penalty of termination of petitioner’s tenancy for nondesirability does not…