ROMERO v. TWIN PARKS SOUTHEAST HOUSES, INC.


70 A.D.3d 484 (2010)

895 N.Y.S.2d 387

ROBERTO ROMERO, Appellant, v. TWIN PARKS SOUTHEAST HOUSES, INC., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 16, 2010.


"Landlords have a `common-law duty to take minimal precautions to protect tenants from foreseeable harm,' including a third party's foreseeable criminal conduct" (Burgos v Aqueduct Realty Corp., 92 N.Y.2d 544, 548 [1998], quoting Jacqueline S. v City of New York, 81 N.Y.2d 288, 293-294 [1993]). However, an injured tenant may recover damages "only on a showing that the landlord's negligent...

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