Eckstein v. New York University

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin Weissberg, J.), entered April 2, 1999, which denied plaintiffs motion for an order, inter alia, declaring that his apartment was subject to rent control, denied defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the complaint and, sua sponte, dismissed the complaint on the ground that the action was a landlord-tenant dispute that should be heard in Civil Court, unanimously modified, on the law, to declare in defendant’s favor that plaintiffs apartment is not subject to rent control and to grant defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the balance of the complaint…