Gaines v. 1840 7th Avenue Housing Development Fund Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barry R. Ostrager, J.), entered October 14, 2015, which declared that plaintiff is not the holder of unsold shares and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing any remaining claims for money damages and other relief, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Section 4.03 of the proprietary lease between the parties states, “The term ‘Unsold Shares’ means the shares of the Corporation which are issued by the Corporation and are allocated either to (i) the apartments of non-purchasing tenants or, (ii) the apartments which are unoccupied at the time the Offering Plan for the Building is declared effective.” Under questioning from the court, plaintiff admitted that he was not a “non-purchasing tenant” and that his apartment was not unoccupied at the time the offering plan for the building was declared effective. Accordingly, the court properly found that plaintiff is not the holder of unsold shares.

We have considered plaintiff’s remaining arguments and find them unavailing.