Schoberle v. DHCR and 235 West 71st Street LLC
On January 25, 2005, in Schoberle v. DHCR and 235 West 71st Street LLC, 14 A.D.3d 438, 788 N.Y.S.2d 361 (1st Dep’t 2005), the Appellate Division granted the petition of Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, LLP, and retroactively applied the “de minimus” rule to dismiss a tenant’s complaint against the landlord (Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens’s client) for alleged removal of a storage area.