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CLOSURE OF TERRACE BREACHED THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY.

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined plaintiff had made out a prima facie case for damages stemming from the defendant's breach of the implied warranty of habitability. Plaintiff held a proprietary lease in a cooperative. A storm damaged the terrace adjacent to the apartment. Plaintiff was entitled to damages for the period of time the terrace was closed:

The implied warranty of habitability, codified in the Real Property Law, provides that in every written lease for residential purposes, the landlord or lessor “shall be deemed to covenant and warrant that the premises so leased or rented and all areas used in connection therewith in common with other tenants or residents are fit for human habitation and for the uses reasonably intended by the parties and that the occupants of such premises shall not be subjected to any conditions which would be dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to their life, health or safety” (Real Property Law § 235-b[1]). In Solow v Wellner (86 NY2d 582, 587-588), the Court of Appeals clarified that Real Property Law § 235-b(1) includes three separate covenants: “(1) that the premises are fit for human habitation, (2) that the premises are fit for the uses reasonably intended by the parties, and (3) that the occupants will not be subjected to conditions that are dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to their life, health or safety” (id. at 587-588 [internal quotation marks omitted]). “A breach of warranty may be said to have occurred where the premises have not met the reasonable expectations of the parties” (7-82 Warren's Weed New York Real Property § 82.22 [2016]). Here, the plaintiff established that the water damage and subsequent closures of the terrace rendered it unfit for the uses reasonably intended by the parties … . Goldhirsch v St. George Tower & Grill Owners Corp., 2016 NY Slip Op 06060, 2nd Dept 9-21-16

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