HARRIS v. COLUMBIA UNIV


98 A.D.2d 58 (1983)

In the Matter of William Harris, Appellant, v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 22, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Kresky of counsel (Frank Campana with him on the brief; Kresky, Sinawski & Hollenberg, attorneys), for appellant.

Robert S. Arbeit of counsel (Byron Golden, attorney), for respondents.

CARRO, J. P., concurs with ASCH, J.; SILVERMAN, J., concurs in an opinion; BLOOM and KASSAL, JJ., dissent in an opinion by KASSAL, J.


ASCH, J.

Petitioner has lived in a Columbia University-owned apartment building at 601 West 115th Street since 1971 pursuant to a series of one-year leases, renewed annually, which contained an "affiliation clause" requiring him to maintain an affiliation with the university as a condition to continuing his tenancy. Petitioner had been chief reference book editor of Columbia University Press from 1969-1975, mainly...

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