Legal Opinion
610 W. 142nd St. Owners Corp. v. Braxton
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided October 29, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alice Schlesinger, J.
The issues before this court are whether the landlord’s failure to provide its tenants with adequate security breaches *568the warranty of habitability. Second, may the aggrieved tenant raise in this nonpayment summary proceeding a counterclaim seeking damages for the loss of property that allegedly occurred as a result of the landlord’s failure to provide adequate security.
In June 1987, petitioner commenced this nonpayment proceeding based on respondent’s failure to pay rent from October 1986 through May 1987. Ms. Braxton, the respondent, failed to answer…
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