Court Finds Landlord in Contempt for Failing to Remediate Mold

NEW YORK - A New York court has found a hospital facility in contempt and ordered it to remediate ongoing mold problems at a charitable dental clinic it leases office space to on Staten Island. Sisters of Charity Health Care System Nursing Home Inc. v. Miceli, No. 103896/2006 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Richmond Cty.).

In the same June 10 order, Richmond County Supreme Court Justice Joseph J. Maltese denied the Sisters of Charity Health Care System Nursing Home Inc.'s cross-motion for costs and sanctions against tenant Jack Miceli, D.D.S., P.C., for allegedly frivolous motions saying they did not rise to a …