In this holdover proceeding the landlord seeks to terminate a lease because the tenant recently caused his mattress to ignite by negligently dropping his lit cigarette upon it. This caused the hallway of the building to become smoky and left a trail of cinders when the tenant dragged the mattress out to the street in order to extinguish it.
The tenant has been living in the building for five years. He is 27 years old and concedes...
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