UNDERWOOD v. URBAN HOMESTEADING ASSISTANCE (U-HAB), INC.

161908/18. Appeal No. 13122. Case No. 2020-03016.

191 A.D.3d 550 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 505

2021 NY Slip Op 01020

Jeffrey Underwood et al., Appellants, v. Urban Homesteading Assistance (U-HAB), Inc., Doing Business as UHAB and Another, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen & Green P.L.L.C., Ridgewood ( J. Remy Green and Jessica Massimi of counsel), for appellants.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, New York ( Kuuku Minnah-Donkoh of counsel), for Urban Homesteading Assistance (U-HAB), Inc., UHAB Housing Development Fund Corporation, respondents.

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., New York ( Jeffrey R. Metz of counsel), for Nicky Scott, Isabel Dawson and Gregory Dawson, respondents.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Moulton, González, Scarpulla, JJ.


To state a claim for fraudulent inducement, a plaintiff must allege a false representation, made for the purpose of inducing another to act on it, and that the party to whom the representation was made justifiably relied on it and was damaged (see Perrotti v Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly LLP, 82 A.D.3d 495, 498 [1st Dept 2011]). Here, plaintiffs have alleged that the individual defendants, who were co-residents of their apartment...

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