Suburban League for Cerebral Palsy v. Richmond Hill Hall Corp.

The plaintiff is a charitable organization licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (hereinafter DCA) to raise money for its charitable purposes by conducting bingo games. The plaintiff asserts that since 1977 it has leased certain premises from the defendant Richmond Hill Hall Corp. (hereinafter Richmond Hill) in order to conduct such games, and that Richmond Hill and its attorney, the defendant John Aiello, have wrongfully deprived the plaintiff of its ability to continue to do so at Richmond Hill’s premises.

Pursuant to 9 NYCRR 5822.12, which is a regulation of the New…