Attorney failure allows plaintiff to refile claim against landlord
A Brooklyn preacher may be given temporary possession of laundry/office space in a Jay Street building, Brooklyn Civil Court Judge Ingrid Joseph ruled.
Reverend Van Allen had subleased the space at 365 Jay St. from the Black United Fund of New York (BUF) — a community-based philanthropic organization — since 2001. In 2013, the landlord, Jay Street HQ Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (Jay Street HQ), locked Allen out of the premises, asserting that Allen’s lease did not grant him permission to occupy the space.
Allen, through an attorney, requested that Jay Street HQ be forced to explain the cause for locking Allen out of the space. The court denied Allen’s request, prompting him, without the assistance of an attorney, to file a motion to renew his original motion to show cause.