Sperrazza v. Joy

This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding brought by two of three co-owners of a small apartment building to review a determination of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance which denied their applications for certificates of eviction. Petitioners, with a third person, are the owners as tenants in common of the premises known as 154 Ninth Avenue, New York City. Each petitioner applied separately for a certificate of eviction pursuant to subdivisions a and b of section 55 of the city Rent, Rehabilitation and Eviction Regulations, seeking possession of the second and third-floor apartments…