Lawsuit Challenges Sukkah As Fire Hazard

The New York Post reported yesterday on a state court lawsuit filed by a couple who live on the 5th floor of Manhattan's Trump Place Condominiums against third-floor resident Zev Geller over  the Sukkah that Geller builds each year on his terrace for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Plaintiffs Thomas Tagliani and Leslie Lucas say the Sukkah is a fire hazard, particularly because Geller regularly barbecues next to it.  Geller says he has researched the city's fire code and found that Sukkahs are not regulated by it.