3154. DONNA WALKER plf-ap, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK def-res — Watters & Svetkey, LLP, New York (Jonathan Svetkey of counsel), for ap — Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Daniel Matza-Brown of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (James E. d’Auguste, J.), entered March 18, 2016, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants made a prima facie showing of their entitlement to judgment dismissing the false arrest and false imprisonment claims. Defendants submitted competent proof that plaintiffs were in constructive possession of the drugs and weapon recovered from the balcony in the apartment in which plaintiffs Donna Walker and Kendra Esannason were registered as tenants, and that the police had probable cause to arrest all three plaintiffs (see Boyd v. City of New York, 143 AD3d 609, 609-610 [1st Dept 2016]; see generally People v. Manini, 79 NY2d 561, 573 [1992]). Plaintiffs’ general denials of knowledge of the contraband at the apartment failed to raise a triable issue of fact. In addition, the evidence showed that plaintiff Jasminlee Mejia was more than just merely present at the apartment when the police arrived, as she was in a relationship with Ms. Esannason, frequently slept in the apartment, kept her clothes there, and was in a state of undress or semidress when the police arrived (see People v. Edwards, 206 AD2d 597, 597-598 [3d Dept 1994], lv denied 84 NY2d 907 [1994]).
