Klein v. Conciliation & Appeals Board

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding three tenant petitioners seek review of three opinions of respondent Conciliation and Appeals Board (CAB) concerning the right of their respective landlords unilaterally to extend two-year leases, entered into after May 31, 1968 and before May 12, 1969, to three-year leases. All three apartments came under the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (RSL) (Administrative Code of City of New York, ch. 51, tit. YY; added by Local Laws, 1969, No. 16 of City of New York) which established a rent formula for renewal leases and new leases of vacant apartments, using the…