Trustees of Columbia University v. Lefkowitz

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

The issue that I must resolve in this case involving the respondent tenant’s motion to dismiss the petition here is whether the notice provisions contained in sections 50 and 52 of the Omnibus Housing Act of 1983 (OHA) (L 1983, ch 403; Rent Stabilization Law [Administrative Code of City of New York], § YY51-6.0.4) apply to the respondent’s tenancy.

Petitioner contends that the proceeding is governed by the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA; L 1974, ch 576, § 4) which generally exempts eleemosynary institutions from rent regulation (ETPA, § 5, subd a,…