Landlord-TenantRent StabilizationRespondent Had a Non-Traditional Mother-Son Relationship and Is Entitled to Right of SuccessionLack of Documentary Proof of Intermingling of Finances Did Not Necessarily Undermine Respondent’s Proof That He Had a Family Like Relationship With the TenantGiven Meager Income, It Was Not Surprising That Respondent Lacked the Kind of Documentary Proof of Shared Assets Typical of Those With Greater Economic Means
A petitioner had commenced a holdover proceeding, alleging that the respondent was a licensee of the deceased rent-stabilized tenant of record (tenant). The respondent claimed that he and the tenant “had a non-traditional, mother-son relationship and therefore, he is entitled to succeed to” the tenancy.
