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FERRO v. LAWRENCE

195 Misc.2d 529 (2002)

758 N.Y.S.2d 460

OWALDO FERRO, Appellant, v. SONIA LAWRENCE, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department.

December 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Nager, Hempstead, for appellant.

Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc., Hempstead (Jeffrey Seigel and Judy Slater Hirshon of counsel), for respondent.

FLOYD, P.J., DOYLE and WINICK, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

A landlord's attorney/agent is not a person authorized to initiate a summary proceeding in his or her own name, a defect that is not cured by captioning the proceeding in the name of a proper party in interest (RPAPL 721; Key Bank of N.Y. v Becker, 88 N.Y.2d 899, 900 [1996]; Whelan...

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