1539 PARK PL LLC v. CLARKE (2021)

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, without costs.

Landlord commenced this nonpayment proceeding in March 2019. A final judgment of possession was awarded to landlord in May 2019 upon both named tenants’ failure to appear or answer. In June and July 2019, Shankia Clarke (tenant) moved, by orders to show cause to, in effect, stay execution of the warrant of eviction. Tenant's first motion was resolved by a so-ordered stipulation dated June 20, 2019, which provided for a schedule of payments and that “upon default in any payment due․ The entire amount outstanding shall immediately become due. The warrant of eviction shall execute.” By order dated July 25, 2019, tenant's second motion was granted to the extent of giving her additional time to pay her arrears.

In August 2019, tenant, once again, sought to move by order to show cause to, in effect, stay execution of the warrant of eviction on the ground that she needed additional time to pay. The Civil Court declined to sign the order to show cause. Tenant then made a CPLR 5704 application to the Appellate Term, which application was granted on August 26, 2019. Tenant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court dated September 3, 2019 as granted her motion to the extent of staying the warrant of eviction only through September 27, 2019 and provided her with a new payment schedule. Upon a review of the record, we find that the Civil Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion.

Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

WESTON, J.P., TOUSSAINT and GOLIA, JJ., concur.