Marbru Associates v. White

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered April 16, 2013, which, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiffs landlords’ motion to direct defendants tenants to pay for use and occupancy of the subject apartment and granted defendants’ cross motion for leave to amend their answer to assert an affirmative defense requesting transfer of this action to Civil Court and counterclaims for attorney’s fees and for harassment and discrimination, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant plaintiffs’ motion to the extent of awarding use and occupancy pendente lite at the rate…