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In re Guzman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 14, 2011
85 A.D.3d 514 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 5325.

June 14, 2011.

Determination of respondent, dated March 25, 2009, approving the decision of the hearing officer, which denied petitioner's remaining family member grievance, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Marcy S. Friedman, J.], entered February 24, 2010), dismissed, without costs.

Elizabeth Guzman, petitioner pro se.

Sonya M. Kaloyanides, New York (Melissa R. Renwick of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Concur — Saxe, J.P., Acosta, DeGrasse, Abdus-Salaam and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.


The determination has a rational basis and is supported by substantial evidence ( see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc, v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176, 180-181). Petitioner admits that she never received written consent to reside in her father's apartment and did not live there for more than one year prior to his death. Petitioner's admissions were corroborated by her father's most recent annual income affidavit and his data summary sheet, each of which list the father as the sole occupant of the apartment ( see Matter of Abreu v New York City Hous. Auth. E. Riv. Houses, 52 AD3d 432). Any mitigating factors and hardship to petitioner do not provide a basis for annulling respondent's determination [ Matter of Fermin v New York City Hous. Auth., 67 AD3d 433, 433).


Summaries of

In re Guzman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 14, 2011
85 A.D.3d 514 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

In re Guzman

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ELIZABETH GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 14, 2011

Citations

85 A.D.3d 514 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 5129
925 N.Y.S.2d 59

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