Opinion
11747N
07-02-2020
862 SECOND AVENUE LLC, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. 2 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA CONDOMINIUM, Defendant–Appellant, Ali Baba's Terrace Inc., Defendant.
Moulinos & Associates LLC, New York (Peter Moulinos of counsel), for appellant. Paul Hastings LLP, New York (Jodi Kleinick of counsel), and Cornicello, Tendler & Baumel–Cornicello, LLP, New York (Anthony Cornicello of counsel), for respondent.
Moulinos & Associates LLC, New York (Peter Moulinos of counsel), for appellant.
Paul Hastings LLP, New York (Jodi Kleinick of counsel), and Cornicello, Tendler & Baumel–Cornicello, LLP, New York (Anthony Cornicello of counsel), for respondent.
Richter, J.P., Kapnick, Webber, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Gerald Lebovits, J.), entered June 26, 2018, which granted plaintiff's motion for an award of past use and occupancy and use and occupancy pendente lite against defendant 2 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Condominium (Dag), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court providently exercised its discretion in awarding plaintiff past and pendente lite use and occupancy, as provided for in Real Property Law § 220, since Dag remains in possession of the demised premises by its subtenant, defendant Ali Baba's Terrace Inc. (Ali Baba) (see Chock Full O'Nuts Corp. v. NRP LLC I, 11 A.D.3d 385, 784 N.Y.S.2d 43 [1st Dept. 2004] ; Getty Props. Corp. v. Getty Petroleum Mktg. Inc., 106 A.D.3d 429, 430, 966 N.Y.S.2d 1 [1st Dept. 2013] ). No landlord-tenant relationship was created by plaintiff's acceptance of rent from Ali Baba, as the subject lease expressly provided plaintiff with the right to a temporary assignment of the rent from Ali Baba as a remedy for Dag's default in the payment of rent, and the lease contains a no-waiver clause (see Jefpaul Garage Corp. v Presbyterian Hosp. in City of N.Y., 61 N.Y.2d 442, 446, 474 N.Y.S.2d 458, 462 N.E.2d 1176 [1984] ; Matter of Rasic v. Roberts, 277 A.D.2d 120, 121, 717 N.Y.S.2d 41 [1st Dept 2000].
The court also properly rejected Dag's argument that any award for use and occupancy cannot include rental amounts related to plaintiff's lease of its development rights, as well as Dag's unsupported claim that it obtained ownership of such rights upon termination of the lease.
We have considered Dag's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.