RPAPL article 7-A enables one third or more of the tenants in a building or the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to petition the Civil Court for a judgment directing the deposit of rents into court and their use for the purpose of remedying conditions dangerous to life, health or safety (RPAPL 769) and the court is authorized to appoint an administrator who is authorized to demand, collect and receive the rents from the tenant. Section 778 sets the following...
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