LACKS v. CITY OF NEW YORK


201 A.D.2d 309 (1994)

607 N.Y.S.2d 32

Mattie Lacks et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant 428 St. Nicholas Avenue Tenants' Association et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

February 8, 1994


The action is brought by tenants in buildings acquired by defendant City and its Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) through in rem tax foreclosures, and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and damages on account of HPD's issuance of vacate orders. Plaintiffs claim that defendants issued the vacate orders not because of the existence of conditions endangering their health and safety, but as a pretext to...

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