In a 3-2 ruling, the Appellate Division, First Department, found there were triable issues of fact as to whether a landlord “improperly interfered” with a law firm’s efforts to find a replacement tenant and avoid $716,000 in rent when it moved out of the Helmsley Building 16 months before its lease expired.
The unsigned majority opinion in 230 Park Avenue Holdco v. Kurzman Karelsen & Frank, 653178/11, upheld a decision by Acting Supreme Court Justice Ellen Coin (See Profile) denying in part a summary judgment motion by 230 Park Avenue Holdco.
