JANUSZ SENDOWSKI, pet-land-res, v. SUZANNE PILZER, resten-app

570248/14. JANUSZ SENDOWSKI, pet-land-res, v. SUZANNE PILZER, resten-app — Ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of granting appellant leave to appeal as a poor person. Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., of the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau (199 Water Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10038, tel# 212 577-3688) is assigned as counsel for the appellant to prosecute the appeal and to serve without compensation. So Order — Appeal from a "decision and order" (Cheryl J. Gonzales, J.), dated December 9, 2013, deemed an appeal from the ensuing final judgment (Cheryl J. Gonzales, J.), entered on or about January 28, 2014, and so considered (see CPLR 5520[c]), final judgment affirmed, without costs.

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570248/14. JANUSZ SENDOWSKI, pet-land-res, v. SUZANNE PILZER, resten-app — Ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of granting appellant leave to appeal as a poor person. Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., of the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau (199 Water Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10038, tel# 212 577-3688) is assigned as counsel for the appellant to prosecute the appeal and to serve without compensation. So Order — Appeal from a “decision and order” (Cheryl J. Gonzales, J.), dated December 9, 2013, deemed an appeal from the ensuing final judgment (Cheryl J. Gonzales, J.), entered on or about January 28, 2014, and so considered (see CPLR 5520[c]), final judgment affirmed, without costs.

After a trial spanning 12 court dates, Civil Court awarded a possessory judgment to landlord in this owner occupancy proceeding (see Rent Stabilization Code [9 NYCRR] §2524.4[a]), finding that landlord “genuinely intends to recover the subject apartment for the use of his daughter, Dorit Sendowski, as her primary residence.” The court’s fact based determination on the pivotal issue of good faith represents a fair interpretation of the evidence (see Horsford v. Bacott, 32 AD3d 310 [2006], affd 8 NY3d 874 [2007]), based as it was on such stated factors as the building’s close proximity to both the family real estate business, where Dorit is employed, and the residences of landlord’s other children, who were already living in different buildings owned by landlord on the same street (see Brown v. Robards, 29 Misc 3d 129[A], 2010 NY Slip Op 51777[U] [App Term, 1st Dept, 2010]). “Civil Court, having observed the witnesses’ demeanor and heard their testimony, was in a better position to make findings of fact on the issue of good faith, especially as the issue rested in large measure on considerations relating to the credibility of witnesses” (Powers v. Babic, 177 AD2d 432, 432 [1991]).

JANUSZ SENDOWSKI, pet-land-res, v. SUZANNE PILZER, resten-app

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