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`AFFIRMATION
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`IN
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`OPPOSITION
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`NOUVEAU
`
`ELEVATOR
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`INDUSTRIES,
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`INC.
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`Plaintiff,
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`-against-
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`ANNIE
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`Defendant.
`
`PETER
`
`J. VERDIRAME,
`
`an attorney
`
`duly
`
`admitted
`
`to practice
`
`before
`
`the Courts
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of
`
`New York,
`
`affirms
`
`the truth
`
`of
`
`the following
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of perjury:
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`1.
`
`I am General
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`Counsel
`
`and attorney
`
`of
`
`record
`
`in this
`
`lawsuit
`
`for
`
`the plaintiff,
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`NOUVEAU
`
`ELEVATOR
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`INDUSTRIES,
`
`INC.,
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`("
`("NOUVEAU.")
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`2.
`
`I make
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`this
`
`affirmation
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`on the basis
`
`of
`
`the file
`
`kept,
`
`the contents
`
`of which
`
`your
`
`affirmant
`
`believes
`
`to be true,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`personal
`
`knowledge
`
`of
`
`the facts
`
`and circumstances
`
`surrounding
`
`the litigation
`
`of
`
`that
`
`I have
`
`been
`
`the within
`
`matter,
`
`the source
`
`of my knowledge
`
`being
`
`the handling
`
`attorney
`
`for
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`since
`
`the filing
`
`of
`
`the action
`
`on April
`
`13, 2015.
`
`The within
`
`affirmation
`
`is offered
`
`in opposition
`
`to
`
`the motion
`
`brought
`
`by Order
`
`to Show Cause
`
`dated
`
`July
`
`27, 2018,
`
`returnable
`
`September
`
`12, 2018, which
`
`seeks
`
`to strike
`
`the jury
`
`demand
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`§4101.
`
`3.
`
`It should
`
`be noted
`
`that
`
`the instant motion
`
`is merely
`
`the latest
`
`of numerous
`
`stalling
`
`tactics
`
`by the
`
`defendant.
`
`This
`
`is an action
`
`brought
`
`pursuant
`
`to the General
`
`Obligations
`
`Law sections
`
`7-103
`
`and 7-105,
`
`which
`
`provide
`
`the right
`
`to an immediate
`
`return
`
`of a security
`
`deposit
`
`when
`
`the deposit
`
`is commingled
`
`with
`
`the landlord's
`
`personal
`
`assets. Prior
`
`to this
`
`case being
`
`placed
`
`in suit,
`
`the defendant
`
`did not
`
`return
`
`the
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`phone
`
`calls
`
`of
`
`the plaintiff,
`
`despite
`
`their
`
`having
`
`been
`
`a landlord-tenant
`
`relationship
`
`between
`
`the two
`
`parties
`
`for over
`
`twenty
`
`four
`
`years.
`
`4.
`
`The motion
`
`should
`
`be denied
`
`as having
`
`been made
`
`untimely,
`
`after
`
`jury
`
`selection
`
`was
`
`completed.
`
`It
`
`should
`
`be noted
`
`that
`
`the jury
`
`demand
`
`being
`
`sought
`
`to be vacated
`
`was
`
`filed
`
`over
`
`a year
`
`before
`
`the motion
`
`was made.
`
`A motion
`
`made
`
`by Order
`
`to Show Cause
`
`is not made
`
`until
`
`it
`
`is signed
`
`and served.
`
`See, Siegel,
`
`New York
`
`4th
`
`§248;
`
`see,
`
`also, Mandala
`
`v. Jablonsky,
`
`242 AD2d
`
`271,
`
`(2d Dept
`
`Practice,
`
`Ed.,
`
`1997)
`
`"
`...[A]n
`[AJn
`"...
`
`unexecuted
`
`order
`
`to show
`
`cause
`
`is of no legal
`
`effect.
`
`"
`
`5.
`
`The within
`
`motion
`
`was
`
`signed
`
`by the Hon.
`
`Sylvia
`
`Ash
`
`on July
`
`27, 2018,
`
`after
`
`a jury was
`
`selected
`
`and in the box.
`
`In fact,
`
`the subject
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`was not even
`
`proposed
`
`until
`
`after
`
`jury
`
`selection
`
`was
`
`underway.
`
`The
`
`proposed
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`was
`
`presented
`
`to Justice
`
`Kenneth
`
`Sherman
`
`, who
`
`refused
`
`to sign
`
`it,
`
`that
`
`not
`
`only was
`
`it brought
`
`at
`
`the
`
`eleventh
`
`hour,
`
`but
`
`that
`
`it was
`
`brought
`
`at
`
`the
`
`stating
`
`fifty-ninth
`
`second
`
`of
`
`the fifty-ninth
`
`minute
`
`of
`
`the eleventh
`
`hour. A review
`
`of
`
`the New York
`
`State Unified
`
`Court
`
`System website
`
`shows
`
`that
`
`jury
`
`selection
`
`in this matter
`
`began
`
`on July
`
`16, 2018,
`
`and was
`
`completed
`
`on July
`
`19, 2018.
`
`The
`
`proposed
`
`order was not even
`
`submitted
`
`to the ex parte
`
`clerk
`
`until
`
`July
`
`17, 2018,
`
`and
`
`not
`
`submitted
`
`to Judge
`
`Sherman
`
`until
`
`after
`
`the jury
`
`was
`
`picked.
`
`Therefore
`
`the motion
`
`is untimely,
`
`and its
`
`true
`
`purpose,
`
`which
`
`is to stall
`
`and delay
`
`the plaintiff's
`
`day
`
`in court
`
`is exposed.
`
`6.
`
`Counsel
`
`Joseph
`
`misstates
`
`the record
`
`in the affirmation
`
`in support
`
`that
`
`for defendant,
`
`Loloi,
`
`Esq.,
`
`voir
`
`dire
`
`had not begun
`
`on July
`
`16, 2018.
`
`7.
`
`New York
`
`law provides
`
`that a motion
`
`to strike
`
`a jury
`
`demand,
`
`in the interest
`
`of orderly
`
`procedure,
`
`be made within
`
`a reasonable
`
`period
`
`prior
`
`to trial.
`
`A.J. Fritschy
`
`Corp.
`
`v. Chase Manhattan
`
`Bank,
`
`36 AD2d
`
`(1³'
`
`600
`
`Dept.,
`
`1971.)
`
`8.
`
`By her delay
`
`in making
`
`the motion,
`
`the defendant
`
`has waived
`
`the waiver
`
`of
`
`the jury.
`
`New York
`
`law is clear
`
`that
`
`the waiver
`
`is waived.
`
`See, Siegel,
`
`New York Practice,
`
`supra,
`
`§378.
`
`See, also,
`
`Import
`
`Alley
`
`of Mid-Island
`
`v Mid-Island
`
`Shopping
`
`Center
`
`103 AD2d
`
`797 (2d Dept,
`
`1984),which
`
`is precisely
`
`on
`
`point.
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`9.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is prejudiced
`
`by the antics
`
`of
`
`the defendant
`
`in bringing
`
`such
`
`an untimely
`
`motion
`
`after
`
`jury
`
`selection.
`
`Three
`
`full
`
`days
`
`of
`
`the undersigned's
`
`time were wasted
`
`selecting
`
`a jury,
`
`during
`
`which
`
`numerous
`
`rulings
`
`had to be obtained.
`
`The
`
`case has been
`
`prepared
`
`for
`
`trial
`
`by jury
`
`due to the defendant's
`
`incredible
`
`counterclaims
`
`of damage
`
`to the subject
`
`premises,
`
`which
`
`were
`
`never
`
`brought
`
`to the attention
`
`of
`
`the plaintiff
`
`even
`
`a year
`
`after
`
`the plaintiff
`
`departed
`
`the premises.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`the motion
`
`to strike
`
`the jury
`
`demand
`
`should
`
`be denied
`
`in its entirety.
`
`Dated:
`
`Long
`
`Island
`
`City, New York
`
`August
`
`8, 2018
`
`PETER
`
`J.
`
`IRAME
`
`LAW OFFICES
`
`OF PETER
`
`J. VERDIRAME
`
`Attorney
`
`for Plaintiff
`
`Nouveau
`
`Elevator
`
`47-55
`
`37th Street
`
`Long
`
`Island
`
`City, New York
`
`11101
`
`Telephone
`
`(718)
`
`349-4770
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`NOUVEAU
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`ELEVATOR
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`INDUSTRIES,
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`INC.
`
`-against-
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`ANNIE
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`KWOK
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`Plaintiff,
`
`Defendant.
`
`AFFIRMATION
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`IN OPPOSITION
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`LAW OFFICES
`Attorneys
`NOUVEAU
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`OF PETER
`for
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`Plaintiff
`ELEVATOR
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`J. VERDIRAME
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`INDUSTRIES,
`47-55
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`Island
`Long
`Phone:
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`INC.
`37* Street
`City, NY 11101
`349-4770
`(718)
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`CERTIFICATION
`PURSUANT
`TO SECTION
`-a OF THE RULES
`130-1.1
`OF THE CHIEF
`ADMINISTRATOR
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`(22
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`the
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`The
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`NYCRR)
`certifies
`undersigned
`AFFIRMATION
`within
`pursuant
`to 22 NYCRR
`Section
`130-1.1-a.
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