Ordered that the order of the Appellate Term is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the judgment of the District Court granting the tenant the sum of $350 as attorneys' fees is reinstated.
Real Property Law § 234 provides, in pertinent part, that "[w]henever a lease of residential property shall provide that in any action or summary proceeding the landlord may recover attorneys' fees * * * there shall be implied in such lease a covenant...
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