BLANCHE ZELMANOVICH v. EASTMORE OWNERS CORP. et al WHAT HAPPENED Blanche Zelmanovich has lived at 240 East 76th Street in Manhattan for over twelve years. Her emotional support animal, a West Highland White Terrier named Snowball, is at the heart of this noise complaint, pitting one shareholder (who has a subtenant in his apartment) against another. The complaints about Snowball’s barking have primarily come from the subtenant who lives directly above Zelmanovich, Zelmanovich’s floor neighbors said they don’t have a problem with Snowball. Nevertheless, at the end of 2021, the co-op attempted to evict Zelmanovich and terminate her shares on the ground that her dog barks excessively. Zelmanovich, in turn, sued the co-op on the basis of the Fair Housing Act and various discrimination statutes and also sought an injunction to stop the co-op from terminating her lease. The co-op moved for judgment; in order for the co-op to be successful, it needed to show that there were no issues of fact. |