Page Assocs. v. Dolan

In Page Assocs. v. Dolan, NYLJ, Nov. 8, 1984, at 4, col 2 [App Term, 1st Dept] the Appellate Term, First Department, found that the tenant treated and utilized the two noncontiguous units as a de facto single residential unit. (NYLJ, Nov. 8, 1984, at 4, col 2 [App Term, 1st Dept].) The tenant moved into the first apartment with her nephew in 1963. In 1968, she rented another small apartment across the hall, so that her nephew could have his own bedroom. The court found that the second apartment, "while not contiguous, had been treated and utilized by the tenant as a de facto single residential unit for many years with the acquiescence of the prior owner. In essence, tenant's primary residence is that combined unit." (Supra, at 4, col 2.)