MATTER OF MENDEZ v. DINKINS


226 A.D.2d 219 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 889

In the Matter of Doreen Mendez et al., Respondents, v. David N. Dinkins, as Mayor of City of New York, et al., Appellants, et al., Respondents

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

April 18, 1996


The Housing Maintenance Code (Administrative Code of City of NY, tit 27, ch 2) grants HPD the authority to order a dwelling vacated where it is "unfit for human habitation" (§ 27-2139 [b]), a condition defined as constituting "a danger to the life, health, or safety of its occupants" (§ 27-2139 [a]). Such an order must be served on at least 24 hours notice (§ 27-2140 [b]).1 According...

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