Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Continuing Education, 1984-87. Housing Court Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, appointed February 1987, February 1992 and February 1997.
Brevity is nice, too.
I dislike unpreparedness, excessive lateness, an unwillingness to listen to the other side, and histrionics or outbursts designed to impress one's client at the expense of the court or an adversary. Alternative pleading permitted in a holdover proceeding where apartment occupants were unknown to landlord. 32-52 33rd Street LLC v. Gomez, NYLJ , May 13, 1998. The Appellate Term affirmed a denial of an order to show cause where the applicant had a good excuse for not appearing but no meritorious defense. Jack Vitale v.