Landlord-Tenant—Tenant's Claims for Rent Overcharges, Fraud, Harassment and Defamation Dismissed—Landlord's Lawyer Allegedly Told Tenant He Is "A Loser Who Could Not Hold Down a Job" and He Was an "Annoyance" and a "Pain"—Statements of Opinion Were Not To Be Imputed to Landlord— Ejectment Claim Dismissed—Failure To Provide Required Notice

A landlord commenced an action for ejectment, a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The landlord moved pursuant to CPLR 3211(b) to strike the defendant tenant's affirmative defenses and for summary judgment on its claims seeking ejectment, a money judgment for use and occupancy (U&O) and for attorney fees and to dismiss the defendant's counterclaims.