Case Name: Grosfeld Realty Co., Respondent, v. Carmen Lagares, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-07-06
Citations: 150 Misc. 2d 22
Docket Number: 
Parties: Grosfeld Realty Co., Respondent, v Carmen Lagares, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 22–23

Head Matter:
Grosfeld Realty Co., Respondent, v Carmen Lagares, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
July 6, 1989
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Irving J. Panzer for appellant. Novick, Edelstein, Lubell, Reisman, Wasserman & Leventhal for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
Final judgment entered July 18, 1988 reversed, with $30 costs, and the petition is dismissed.
Landlord failed to establish by prevailing evidence that the apartment premises was used or occupied for illegal purposes so as to warrant eviction of the section 8 tenant pursuant to RPAPL 711 (5). "The term 'use' of premises for illegal purposes implies doing of something customarily or habitually upon the premises" (Lituchy v Lathers, 35 Misc 2d 556, 557). Moreover, so far as the record indicates, the tenant's son (the party responsible for the claimed illegal activity) had vacated the apartment premises prior to the commencement of the proceeding.
Ostrau, P. J., Parness and Miller, JJ., concur.