discussed Cited as authority (rule) 23rd Chelsea Assoc. LLC v. Stone (2×) Here, the record is silent as to whether the pro se tenant, who was previously granted leave to proceed a poor person in this proceeding ( see CPLR 1101), was, as he was entitled to be, advised of his right to counsel during the contempt proceeding ( see Ullah v Entezari-Ullah , 40 AD3d 201, 206 [2007]).

discussed Cited as authority (rule) In re Sanctioning of Richard N. Nevertheless the Appellate Division, First Department, categorically invoked the right to counsel, when an ex-husband failed to comply with an interim order, directing him, inter alia, to pay for the children’s tuition, as follows: “A respondent in a civil contempt proceeding facing the possibility of the imposi tion of a term of incarceration, however short, is entitled to the assignment of counsel upon a finding of indigence.” (Ullah v Entezari-Ullah, 40 AD3d 201, 206 [2007]; also see Matter of Madison County Support Collection Unit v Feketa, 112 AD3d 1091 [2013].) On the other hand, t…