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Ruxton Towers v Glascoff
2004 NY Slip Op 50435(U)
Decided on May 17, 2004
Appellate Term, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.


Decided on May 17, 2004
APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST DEPARTMENT

PRESENT:
HON. WILLIAM J. DAVIS, J.P.
HON. PHYLLIS GANGEL-JACOB
HON. MARTIN SCHOENFELD, Justices.
570509/02 ——————————————————-x

RUXTON TOWERS, LP Petitioner-Landlord-Respondent, —

against

DONALD GLASCOFF, AMY GRIFFIN, JENNY RIFKA, Respondents-Tenants-Appellants, "JOHN DOE" and "JANE DOE", Respondent. ——————————————————-x


Tenants appeal from an order of the Civil Court, New York County, entered April 19, 2002 (Paul L. Alpert, J.) denying their cross-motion for summary judgment and granting landlord's motion for discovery and use and occupancy in a holdover summary proceeding.


PER CURIAM:

Order entered April 19, 2002 (Paul L. Alpert, J.) affirmed, with $10 costs.

Civil Court did not err in denying tenants' cross-motion for summary judgment without prejudice to renewal after completion of limited discovery. On the record so far developed, there is a factual issue whether the proposed roommate concurrently resided in the one-bedroom apartment premises with the tenants of record (see, Real Property Law §235-f [3]). In any event, since tenants advise that the roommate vacated shortly after the order appealed [*2]from, the possessory issues in this proceeding have been rendered moot and further litigation as to the alleged nonprimary residence of the tenants should proceed within the context of a nonprimary residence proceeding. We have considered and rejected tenants' other points.

This constitutes the decision and order of the
court.