Court Rejects Landlord Suit Against Tenant Organizers

By Daniel Wise

07-24-2008

The owners of five buildings in the Bronx have failed to raise a triable issue of fact that tenant organizers interfered with their ability to get mortgages, a state judge has ruled in granting summary judgment dismissing the owners' case.

In New Line Realty V Corp. v. United Committees of University Heights, 1021/04, Supreme Court Justice Sally Manzanet-Daniels (See Profile) of the Bronx found that the owners had failed to submit "any evidence in admissible form" to prove that tenant organizers from the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition had taken actions to frustrate their ability to get refinancing for their buildings.