Evans v. Franco

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered July 29, 1996, directing the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to reinstate petitioner-respondent’s Section 8 rent subsidy as of December 11, 1995, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition for a writ of mandamus denied, and the matter remanded to respondent agency for a hearing to determine petitioner’s eligibility for Section 8 benefits.

For over 20 years, petitioner Louis Evans (Evans) and Es*378ther Silver (Silver), the deceased tenant of record, lived together in Apartment 2C at 1305 East 18th…