Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2012

Peña v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 31, 2012

91 A.D.3d 581; 936 N.Y.2d 891

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Evans v. New York City (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
Matter of Williams v. New York City Hous. Auth. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
Tony's Towing Service, Inc. v. Swarts (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2013)
Tony's Towing Service, Inc. v. Swarts (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2013)

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Opinion of the Court

*582Respondent’s determination that petitioner failed to apply to open her default within a reasonable time, give a reasonable excuse for missing her hearing, and set forth a meritorious defense to the charges against her, has a rational basis (see Matter of Daniels v Popolizio, 171 AD2d 596, 597 [1991]). Contrary to petitioner’s contention, in order to vacate her default, she was required to demonstrate a meritorious defense and a reasonable excuse, which she failed to do (see id.; Matter of Barnhill v New York City Hous. Auth., 280 AD2d 339 [2001]).

The court had no basis for treating petitioner’s motion to vacate the court’s 2010 orders pursuant to CPLR 5015 as having been made under CPLR 317; the latter statute applies to judicial proceedings, not proceedings before an agency.

Petitioner’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved or without merit. Concur — Tom, J.E, Sweeny, DeGrasse, AbdusSalaam and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ. [Prior Case History: 29 Misc 3d 1222(A), 2010 NY Slip Op 51944(C).]

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