SHARP v. NORWOOD


89 N.Y.2d 1068 (1997)

681 N.E.2d 1280

659 N.Y.S.2d 834

Peter H. Sharp et al., as Executors of Peter J. Sharp, Deceased, Appellants, v. Angela Norwood et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belkin, Burden, Wenig & Goldman, L.L.P., New York City (Magda L. Cruz and Sherwin Belkin of counsel), for appellants.

Robert E. Levy, New York City, for Angela Norwood, respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Petitioners, owners of shares in a cooperative building in which respondent resides as a rent-controlled tenant, instituted this summary holdover proceeding to recover possession of the apartment (see, RPAPL 711 [1]; CCA 204). Petitioners claimed that respondent's chronic tardiness in meeting her monthly rental obligations constituted...

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