MATTER OF SUMPTER v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY


260 A.D.2d 176 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 33

In the Matter of BETTY SUMPTER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided April 6, 1999.


Respondent's termination of petitioner's 23-year tenancy for nondesirability based on the drug-related activities of her 36-year old son on Housing Authority grounds was made on default after petitioner failed to appear at the scheduled administrative hearing. The next day, petitioner appeared at the hearing location, and, asserting that she misread the notice, sought to vacate the default. She wrote on respondent's form that she failed to appear at the hearing because she...

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