Levin v. Department of Housing Preservation & Development

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

This is an apartment succession case with a twist! The facts are these: Beatrice Schoen, at the time of death on September 30, 1987, was a resident of apartment 17-A at 75 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. The building, since its completion in 1967, has been owned by respondent Whitman Owner Corp. (Whitman), a cooperative redevelopment company organized under article 5 of the Private Housing Finance Law.

After Mrs. Beatrice Schoen died, her daughter, Gladys Levin, was designated as executrix and under the terms of the will, Mrs. Schoen’s estate was…