Opinion
November 30, 2000.
Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler Schwartz, P. C., New York City (Paul N. Gruber of counsel), for appellant.
Northern Manhattan Improvement corporation, New York City (Kenneth Rosenfeld and Lourdes R. Mo of counsel), for respondent.
Before: WILLIAM P. McCOOE, J.P., WILLIAM J. DAVIS, LUCINDO SUAREZ, Justices.
Order entered December 22, 1999 (Larry S. Schachner, J.) affirmed, with $10 costs.
Civil Court properly vacated the final judgment and warrant in this nonpayment proceeding upon tenant's tender of all outstanding arrears (see, Parkchester Apartments Co. v. Scott, 271 A.D.2d 273). Landlord's election to first apply tenant's tender toward the nonpossessory judgment for attorneys' fees, thereby creating a "shortfall" in the amount of tenant's tender, does not dictate a contrary result. This course of action would effectively circumvent our holding in Silber v. Schwartzman ( 150 Misc.2d 1) that attorneys' fees do not constitute additional rent in the context of rent regulated tenancies and may not serve as the predicate for an eviction.