Mott v. Division of Housing & Community Renewal

OPINION OF THE COURT

The petitioner is the landlord of a rent-regulated accommodation governed by the provisions of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (hereinafter the ETPA) (see, McKinney’s Uncons Laws of NY § 8621, et seq; L 1974, ch 576, § 4, as amended). The District Rent Administrator rendered a determination in favor of the tenant, the respondent Salz, and on February 5, 1985, the petitioner mailed a petition for administrative review (hereinafter PAR) to the respondent Division of Housing and Community Renewal of the State of New York (hereinafter the DHCR), challenging the…