A man evicted from an apartment reserved for people recovering from substance abuse can assert tenants’ protections against unfair eviction under New York City laws, a Housing Court judge has determined.

Judge Maria Ressos said Hercules Andrews is entitled to due process rights as he faces eviction from the unit he has occupied for about six months, despite his signing of a resident attestation that he was a “program client” who had no “tenancy rights to any space I occupy at the residence.”