HOUS PRES. v. GOTTLIEB


136 Misc.2d 370 (1987)

Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York, Petitioner, v. William Gottlieb, Respondent. Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York, Petitioner, v. Chester Miller et al., Respondents.

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

July 23, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbott Gorin, Bruce Kramer and Peter M. Nadler for petitioner. Jacobs, Sieratzki & Zinns (Michael Stepper of counsel), for William Gottlieb, respondent. Castro & Karten (Claude Castro of counsel), for Chester Miller and others, respondents.


LEWIS R. FRIEDMAN, J.

These cases present the same question, which has not been definitively answered in the reported cases: may a party move for summary judgment to impose criminal and civil contempt penalties for disobedience of a court order. In both cases the court issued orders requiring the respondents to remove certain violations of the Housing Maintenance Code. Thereafter, petitioner commenced civil...

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