Opinion
2005-543 KC.
Decided March 9, 2006.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Inez Muniz-Hoyos, J.), entered March 14, 2005. The order denied tenant's motion, in a nonpayment summary proceeding, to vacate a stipulation and the possessory final judgment, in the sum of $2,668.75, entered pursuant thereto.
Order reversed without costs and tenant's motion to vacate the stipulation and the final judgment granted.
PRESENT: PESCE, P.J., WESTON PATTERSON and RIOS, JJ.
Tenant's proof in the record adequately established that landlord included a security deposit of $783.75 and a carbon monoxide detector fee of $25 in the stipulation and in the possessory final judgment entered pursuant thereto in the sum of $2,668.75. Inasmuch as a security deposit is not "rent" (RPAPL 711; see General Obligations Law § 7-101) and, in the context of this rent-stabilized tenancy, the carbon monoxide detector fee cannot be considered "rent" ( Related Tiffany v. Faust, 191 Misc 2d 528 [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists]), the court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over these items ( Matter of Bedford Gardens Co. v. Silberstein, 269 AD2d 445 [2nd Dept 2000]) and could not include them in the final judgment. Accordingly, tenant's motion to vacate the stipulation and final judgment is granted.
Pesce, P.J., Weston Patterson and Rios, JJ., concur.