The issue before the court on the defendants' motion to dismiss for facial insufficiency of the information is whether causing danger to "tenants and visitors" of a multiple dwelling by failing to make required repairs constitutes the crime of criminal nuisance which, pursuant to Penal Law § 240.45 (1), requires that danger be caused to "a considerable number of persons". (See, CPL 100.40, 170.35.)
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