Fort Washington Holdings, LLC v. Abbott

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order entered April 13, 2010, reversed, with $10 costs, motion denied, and jury verdict reinstated.

Upon the trial of this licensee holdover proceeding, the parties stipulated to petitioner’s prima facie case and submitted for the jury’s consideration but a single issue: whether respondent Abbott, the nephew of the deceased rent-controlled tenant of record, qualified as a nontraditional family member entitled to succeed to his aunt’s tenancy (see NY City Rent and Eviction Regulations [9 NYCRR] § 2204.6 [d] [3] [i]). The jury returned a verdict in favor of petitioner on that…