Matter of 215 W 88th St. Holdings LLC v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stallman, J.), entered February 6, 2015, denying the petitions brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul so much of the determination of respondent New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), dated May 5, 2014, as denied tenants treble damages, granted landlord Rent Guidelines Board Order (RGBO) increases in calculating the rent during the period of overcharge, applied the “default method” as prescribed in Thornton v Baron (5 NY3d 175 [2005]) and its progeny to determine tenants’ base date rent, and denied…