MATTER OF KNOPFLER v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

6785, 100637/11.

92 A.D.3d 507 (2012)

937 N.Y.S.2d 857

2012 NY Slip Op 1112

In the Matter of PINCHAS KNOPFLER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided February 14, 2012.


Petitioner's assertion that an unnamed NYCHA employee assured him that moving out of his public housing apartment would have no effect on his priority for a voucher cannot estop the agency from revoking petitioner's priority. Indeed, no discretion was involved in NYCHA's determination that petitioner lost his priority when he vacated the apartment, as this determination was mandated by the agency's policies (see Matter of Muhammad v New York City Hous. Auth.,

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