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DEPT. OF HOUS. v. LAMISON

118 Misc.2d 1013 (1983)

Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York, Petitioner, v. William P. Lamison, Respondent.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County.

March 7, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Mann for petitioner. William P. Lamison, respondent pro se.

JOHN A. MILANO, J.

ISSUE:

Is an indigent respondent landlord in a civil proceeding in Housing Court, facing punishment for contempt of court, entitled, as a matter of law, to "assistance of counsel" pursuant to the provisions of the Sixth Amendment and section 6 of article I of the Constitutions of the United States and the State of New York, respectively?

This court answers the question in the affirmative.

PROCEEDINGS:

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