Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York September 27, 2017 (Shu Bo Jiao v. Worldwide Direct Membership LLC)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Order, entered May 9, 2016, reversed, with $10 costs, motion granted, and matter remanded for a new trial before another judge.

At the trial of these consolidated plenary actions seeking unpaid rent, the court, sua sponte, dismissed the complaints, prior to the close of plaintiff landlord’s case, on the ground that plaintiff failed to produce a certificate of