Manhattan Plaza, Inc. v. Snyder

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jay Stuart Dankberg, J.

How summary should a summary proceeding be? Too summary to permit an impleader?

In this nonpayment summary proceeding, respondent tenant, acting pro se, moves by order to show cause to implead the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (EPD). Petitioner landlord, by letter dated July 17, 1980, responds by stating that it “welcomes * * * inspection of the apartment” by “representatives of the Environmental Protection” Department.

The EPD Office of General Counsel, served with the order to show cause, defaulted on the return date. After…