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on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously re- quired that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted un- der the leas

pt the relevant rule of New York landlord-tenant law for purposes of deciding the remaining issue in this dis- pute, and hold that, consistent with New York law, OFM was entitled to arbitrarily withhold its consent to Epstein's request to sublet the Premises to Fisher. Even assum- ing OFM had a hidden a

d in part and denied in part. I. Federal Courts .3=409 In diversity action, federal court sitting in New York must apply New York law, including New York's choice-of-law rules. 2. Contracts e=s144 Under New York's choice-of-law rules, when court is construing meaning of con- tract, court should apply

t may not be introduced to create ambiguity. Arthur M. Handler, Whitman & Ransom, New York City, for plaintiff. Elliot Silverman, Cold & Wachtel, New York City, for defendant. ORDER CONBOY, District Judge: We have before us an action for breach of contract. Plaintiff Michael R. Stroll ("Stroll") see

on Of Premises The premises at issue in this lawsuit were the residence of a diplomat of the government of Iran (Declaration of Richard C. Massey ("Massey Dec."), Exh. A thereto). As such, they were recognized as consular property by the United States Department of State ("State Department"), Office of

defendants Diane Fisher alk/a The Fisher Group ("Ms. Fisher") and Ron Soifer ("Soifer") a from the premises known as 34 East 69th Street, New York, New York (the "premises"). STATEMENT OF FACTS A. Government's Protection Of Premises The premises at issue in this lawsuit were the residence of a diploma

r, on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously required that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted under the lease to

York, Pro Se. Jessie Siegel a/k/a Jesse Siegel, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Siegel, Martin & Heilbrun, By Robert Heilbrun, Esq., A Partner of the Firm, New York, Pro Se. Ron Soffer, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Carmen Tausik, Esq., New York, Pro Se. OPINION CHIN, D.J. *1 In this case, the United States (the "

ave partnerships with several Chinese universities linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including the PLA Institute of Military Culture (Massey); the National University of Defense Technology (Auckland, Massey); Northwestern Polytechnical University (Canterbury), Shenyang Aerospace University

” report the news. As the Beijing 2008 Olympics approached, Politburo member and head of China’s Olympic Committee Liu Qi met at the PRC consulate in New York Section 6 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020548 90 with representatives of the Chinese-language press to lay out China’s demands for their coverage of the event.