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Rivera v. Dep't of Hous. Pres. & Dev.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 15, 2015
130 A.D.3d 802 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2014-01607

07-15-2015

David RIVERA, appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CITY OF NEW YORK, respondent, et al., defendants.

Jason Chang, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Kristin M. Helmers, Nicholas J. Murgolo, and Jeremy W. Shweder of counsel), for respondent.


Jason Chang, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Kristin M. Helmers, Nicholas J. Murgolo, and Jeremy W. Shweder of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion In an action pursuant to RPAPL article 15 to vacate a mechanic's lien and for related declaratory relief, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Landicino, J.), dated September 6, 2013, which granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the complaint, and denied his cross motion for summary judgment on the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

A court has no inherent power to vacate or discharge a notice of lien except as authorized by Lien Law § 19(6) (see Lane Constr. Co., Inc. v. Chayat, 117 A.D.3d 992, 993, 986 N.Y.S.2d 529 ; Matter of Luckyland [N.Y.], LLC v. Core Cont. Constr., LLC, 83 A.D.3d 1073, 1074, 921 N.Y.S.2d 537 ; Matter of Gold Dev. & Mgt., LLC v. P.J. Contr. Corp., 74 A.D.3d 1340, 1341, 903 N.Y.S.2d 245 ). Lien Law § 19 enumerates the grounds for the discharge of a mechanic's lien interposed against a nonpublic improvement (see Matter of Luckyland [N.Y.], LLC v. Core Cont. Constr., LLC, 83 A.D.3d 1073, 1074, 921 N.Y.S.2d 537 ; Matter of Northside Tower Realty, LLC v. Klin Constr. Group, Inc., 73 A.D.3d 1072, 899 N.Y.S.2d 900 ; Matter of Lowe, 4 A.D.3d 476, 772 N.Y.S.2d 359 ). Where, as here, the notice of lien was not invalid on its face, any dispute regarding the validity of the lien must await trial thereof by foreclosure (see Lane Constr. Co., Inc. v. Chayat, 117 A.D.3d 992, 993, 986 N.Y.S.2d 529 ; Matter of Luckyland [N.Y.], LLC v. Core Cont. Constr., LLC, 83 A.D.3d 1073, 1074, 921 N.Y.S.2d 537 ; Matter of Gold Dev. & Mgt., LLC v. P.J. Contr. Corp., 74 A.D.3d 1340, 1341, 903 N.Y.S.2d 245 ).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the complaint, and denied the plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment on the complaint.

LEVENTHAL, J.P., COHEN, HINDS–RADIX and DUFFY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rivera v. Dep't of Hous. Pres. & Dev.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 15, 2015
130 A.D.3d 802 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
Case details for

Rivera v. Dep't of Hous. Pres. & Dev.

Case Details

Full title:David Rivera, appellant, v. Department of Housing Preservation and…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Jul 15, 2015

Citations

130 A.D.3d 802 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6126
12 N.Y.S.3d 574

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