Case Name: Christopher Hart-Zafra, Appellant, v. "Tony" Singh et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-03-03
Citations: 16 A.D.3d 143
Docket Number: 
Parties: Christopher Hart-Zafra, Appellant, v “Tony” Singh et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 143–144

Head Matter:
Christopher Hart-Zafra, Appellant, v “Tony” Singh et al., Respondents.
[790 NYS2d 129]—

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Rosalyn Richter, J), entered June 4, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff owner's motion for summary judgment upon his second cause of action seeking an award of use and occupancy, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The circumstance that plaintiff owner, during the period in question, permitted defendants to reside in the subject basement apartment without obtaining a proper certificate of occupancy for the unit precludes his recovery of use and occupancy (see Jalinos v Ramkalup, 255 AD2d 293 [1998]). This is not a situation in which the owner was prevented by the occupants from bringing the unit into compliance (cf. First Edition Composite v Wilkson, 177 AD2d 297 [1991]). Concur—Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Marlow and Nardelli, JJ.