Landlord-Tenant Law.

Practice point: The Housing Authority does not consider a deceased tenant’s godson an immediate relative who is able to obtain permanent permission to occupy an apartment and succeed to the lease.

Students should note that the Court has consistently enforced the agency's policy requiring a tenant to make a written request to have a relative or other family member become either a legally authorized permanent household member or a co-tenant.

The case is Hawthorne v. New York City Housing Authority, NY Slip Op 00569 (1st Dept. 2011).

Here is the decision.

Tomorrow's issue is motion practice.