Matter of Victor Li v Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York

Matter of Li v Department of Hous. Preserv. & Dev. of City of N.Y. 2004 NY Slip Op 08793 [12 AD3d 315] November 30, 2004 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, January 19, 2005

In the Matter of Victor Li, Petitioner,
v
Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York, Respondent, and Chinatown Apartments, Inc., Intervenor-Respondent.

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Determination of respondent agency, dated January 8, 2002, which authorized petitioner's eviction, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and this proceeding (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Ronald A. Zweibel, J.], entered October 17, 2003) dismissed, with costs in favor of intervenor, payable by petitioner.

Petitioner failed to offer any evidence at the hearing that the apartment was his primary residence. Substantial evidence in the record supports respondent's finding that it was not (300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176 [1978]). We have reviewed petitioner's remaining arguments and find them without merit. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Williams, Lerner, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ.