Rima 106, L.P. v. Alvarez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Wallace, J.

On these appeals we confront, in the context of motions for summary judgment, the viability of two residential “sweetheart” apartment leases made by plaintiff landlord’s predecessor in title which are now challenged by plaintiff on myriad grounds, including statutory and public policy illegality. Plaintiff in both actions, the net lessee of two Upper West Side Manhattan buildings known as 211 and 207 West 106th Street, took assignment of the ground leases thereto as the *203successful bidder at a foreclosure auction in 1994, following a lengthy receivership of…