[U] Allen V. Rosenblatt

A hearing was held over four days in November and December 2004 on a motion by co-respondent Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York (DHPD) to hold respondents Stacy Rosenblatt, Peter Golia, and the 2649 Frederick Douglass Realty Corporation in criminal and civil contempt (Judiciary Law §§ 750 [A] [3] [criminal contempt] & 753 [A] [8] [civil contempt]; CPLR 5104 & NYC Admin [Housing Maintenance] Code [HMC] § 27-2124 [contempt in general]; Civ Ct Act § 110 [e] & Judiciary Law § 757 [authorizing Civil Court Housing Part judges to punish for contempts]) and to pay civil penalties under HMC § 27-2115. DHPD seeks monetary penalties and incarceration.