Moreta v. Cestero

OPINION OF THE COURT

Marcy S. Friedman, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioners Martha Moreta and her daughter, Johanna Moreta, challenge respondents’ termination of a Section 8 rent subsidy or voucher for apartment D19D at 3333 Broadway in Manhattan (subject apartment), in which they resided together until Martha’s vacatur. Petitioner Johanna Moreta claims entitlement to the subsidy as a remaining family member. Respondents oppose the petition on the ground that petitioners failed to exhaust administrative remedies and, in the alternative, on the merits.

The undisputed facts are as…