Questão jurídica principal
Whether the lease termination was ineffective because, in a housing cooperative, termination requires a ground that would also justify exclusion from the cooperative.
Decisão extraída
The cooperative-tenant relationship in this case created an interdependence between membership and lease; termination therefore required a ground that would also justify exclusion, which was absent.
Fundamentação extraída
The tenant had acquired shares solely to obtain the leased commercial premises; ending the lease would deprive her of the only interest justifying membership. The cooperative's renovation motive did not amount to a statutory or just-cause exclusion ground.