Queenan v. Frishwasser

In this action by a former tenant seeking treble damages for wrongful eviction, the landlords having obtained a certificate of eviction for the purposes of constructing a new building, and then having failed to proceed with the construction, the justification offered by the defendants is the economic unfeasibility of proceeding because of delay by city agencies.

From January, 1963 to August, 1965 plaintiff was a tenant in the rent-controlled premises at 250 East 60th Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, where she occupied the first floor of a brownstone, consisting of five rooms, for which she…