Opinion
20 Civ. 7270 (NRB)
10-13-2022
SIMCHA FELDMAN, YECHIEL SHUKRON, SHALOM KOLDETZKY, ARON BENISHU, ISRAEL HODER, MEIR FOGEL, RAPHAEL ARIEH, RACHAMIM BERACHA, TZVI LEFKOVITZ, SHLOMO KORITZ, TZVI ANSBACHER, RUCHAMA TOLEDANO, RAPHAEL BITAN, NAOR AMAR, ISRAEL BEN-EZRA, ARYEH LEVI, ELCHANAN ELMISHALI, and MEIR EDELSHTEIN, Plaintiffs, v. YECHEZKEL STRULOVITCH, CS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC, GLAUBERS CHASIDISHA CLOTHING LLC, GLAUBERS QUALITY CLOTHING LLC, GLAUBERS TRADITIONAL CLOTHING LLC, 945 PARK PL LLC, 1078 DEKALB LLC, 74 VAN BUREN LLC, 454 CENTRAL AVENUE LLC, 980 ATLANTIC HOLDINGS LLC, PENN CONDIMINIUM LLC, THROOP HOME, LLC, EIGHTEEN PROPERTIES LLC, THE BUSHWICK PARTNERS LLC, BROOKLYN VENTURES LLC, THE HOWARD DAY HOUSE LLC, 196 ALBANY HOLDINGS L.P., CSN PARTNERS LP, KNICKERBOCKER LOFTS LLC, 1301 PUTNAM LLC, 741 LEXINGTON LLC, 296 COOPER LLC, WILLTROUT REALTY LLC, STAGG STUDIOS LLC, FIRST AVENUE REALTY HOLDINGS L.P., CSY HOLDINGS LLC, CAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY BAYSHORE, INC., 31 BROOKLYN LLC, 1035 FLUSHING AVE LLC, VICTORY BLVD ASSOCIATE LLC, SOI GROUP LLC, 945 WILLOUGHBY HOLDINGS LLC, 119 HOLDINGS LLC, WALLACE HOLDINGS LLC, 1642 EQUITIES LLC, BNH PROPERTIES LLC, HERMAN GREENFELD as trustee of GIVAS OLIM TRUST, MENDEL BRACH as trustee of GIVAS OLIM TRUST, TOMPKINS 420 REALTY LLC, WILLOUGHBY EQUITIES LLC, 186 LENOX LLC, 400 SOUTH 2ND STREET REALTIES L.P., WYKOFF SP LLC, 1428 FULTON ST LLC, PENN & MARCY LLC, 420 TOMPKINS, LLC, 599-601 WILLOUGHBY LLC, CS YH CONDOS LLC, LENOX 186 HOLDINGS LLC, LENOX 186 REALTY LLC, 400 SOUTH 2ND STREET HOLDINGS L.P., R.P.S. PROPERTIES LLC, FULTON STREET HOLDINGS LLC, 908 BERGEN STREET LLC, 901 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC, GATES EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC, 853 LEXINGTON LLC, 348 ST. NICHOLAS LLC, 762 WILLOUGHBY LLC, 855 DEKALB AVENUE LLC, THE BRIDGE TOWER LLC, 619 HOLDINGS LLC, GRAND SUITES LLC, CATALPA DEVELOPMENT, LLC, SLOPE OFFICES LLC, 41-49 SPENCER LLC, 482-484 SENECA LLC, 1217 BEDFORD LLC, 1266 PACIFIC LLC, MYRTLINO HOLDINGS, LLC, 259 BERRY LLC, and 261 BERRY LLC, Defendants.
ORDER
NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS on January 18, 2022 and February 1, 2022, plaintiffs entered into a stipulation with forty-four defendants providing for the stay of this action pending arbitration; and
WHEREAS on August 17, 2022, this Court filed a Memorandum and Order granting a motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint filed by sixteen other defendants; and
WHEREAS on August 25, 2022, this Court ordered that the complaint against the remaining eleven defendants be dismissed with prejudice, unless plaintiffs adequately explained why the remaining eleven defendants should not be dismissed from the case for failure to serve the operative complaint for more than 300 days; and
The eleven remaining defendants are: 1301 Putnam LLC, 1035 Flushing Ave LLC, SOI Group LLC, 945 Willoughby Holdings LLC, Wallace Holdings LLC, BNH Properties LLC, Wykoff SP LLC, CS YH Condos LLC, R.P.S. Properties LLC, 41-49 Spencer LLC, and Willoughby Equities LLC.
WHEREAS on September 8, 2022, the plaintiffs filed a Memorandum of Law as to why the action against the eleven defendants should not be dismissed; and
WHEREAS by Order, on September 13, 2022, this Court rejected plaintiffs' explanation as to why the eleven remaining defendants should not be dismissed; and
WHEREAS on September 21, 2022, plaintiffs asked this Court not to dismiss the action against Defendant Willoughby Equities LLC, whom plaintiffs claimed was mistakenly not included on the arbitration agreement; and
WHEREAS when the parties could not reach a stipulation as to Defendant Willoughby Equities LLC, on September 30, 2022, plaintiffs requested that plaintiffs be allowed to have until December 15, 2022 to file the stipulation; and
WHEREAS on October 4, 2022, the Court granted plaintiffs' request to have until December 15, 2022 to file a stipulation regarding Defendant Willoughby Equities LLC; and
WHEREAS the Court has not received adequate reason that the claims against the remaining defendants, other than Defendant Willoughby Equities LLC, not be dismissed; it is hereby
ORDERED that the actions against 1301 Putnam LLC, 1035 Flushing Ave LLC, SOI Group LLC, 945 Willoughby Holdings LLC, Wallace Holdings LLC, BNH Properties LLC, Wykoff SP LLC, CS YH Condos LLC, R.P.S. Properties LLC, 41-49 Spencer LLC are dismissed.
SO ORDERED.