King Holding Corp. v. City of New York Department of Housing Preservation & Development

*396Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered on or about July 2, 2004, which denied petitioner’s application to annul the determination of respondent City Department of Housing Preservation and Development denying petitioner’s application for a discretionary release of property taken by in rem tax foreclosure, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Absent a showing of fraud or illegality, respondent’s discretion to grant or deny a release of property pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 11-424…